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Movable Slides. — Sun, Moon, Star, Ineffable Name, Corrugated 
Crimson Plate, with Mica Reflector and Argand Gas-Burner, op- 
erating in the triple triangle. 

The characters in the interstices are the initials of the nine 
Eacred words. 

The Ineffable Tetragrammaton may appropriately be in Enoch- 
ian character. 

Additional expressive slides to the aboYe may be used to ad- 
vantage — such as the sacred words of other Governing Subordi- 
nate Bodies. 



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^MANUAL 

OF THE 

LODGE OF PERFECTION, 

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE 

OF 

FREEMASONRY. 

contain™ &A**" wa *°^ 

INSTRUCTIONS IN" ALL THE DEGREES, 



FROM THE FOURTH TO THE FOURTEENTH. 



TOGETHER "WITH THE 

CEREMONIES OF INAUGURATION AND CONSTITUTION, 
AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS, 

AS PRACTICED IN THE 

NOBTHEM JURISDICTION OP THE UNITED STATES. 





NEW YORK: 

MASONIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, 

626 BROADWAY. 

1871. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by the 

Masonic Publishing Company, 
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 



INTRODUCTION 



INEFFABLE AND SUBLIME DEGREES OF THE ANCIENT AND 
ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE. 




HILE the degrees of the 
Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish rite commence 
with the Entered Ap- 
prentice, Fellow Craft or 
Companion, and Master 
Mason, yet in the United 
States all authority over 
these degrees by the Su- 
preme Councils is waived, 
and they are exclusively 
administered by the Blue or Symbolic Lodges, working 
under the jurisdiction of Grand Lodges and the repre- 
sentative system. In other countries, the first three 
degrees are given in Lodges of Perfection. 

It is advisable to confer the first three degrees of the 
Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite on candidates before 
further advancement. 

The Ineffable degrees begin with the fourth or Secret 
Master, and conclude with the fourteenth, or degree of 
Perfection. It is not required that a candidate should 
be in possession of any other than the Symbolic degrees. 



24 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

To open a Lodge of Grand, Elect, Perfect, and Sub- 
lime Masons, opens all the degrees contained within it; 
— but a body of any degree may be opened or closed 
independently. 

The order of business in bodies of the rite is as fol- 
lows: 

1. The reading of the records of the previous commu- 
nication or communications as yet unread and approved. 
It is judicious at every session that the record be read 
immediately before closing, that proper corrections, if 
any, may be made, and before the formal record is 
made up. 

2. Report from the Grand Hospitaller or Almoner of 
any special case for relief or assistance. 

3. Reports of Standing Committees. 

4. Reports of Special Committees. ' 

5. Applications for reception or admission to mem- 
bership. 

6. Receptions. 

V. Unfinished Business. 

8. !N~ew Business. 

9. Passing the Box of Fraternal Assistance: — no 
body of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite can 
ever be closed without so doing,— and any member 
wishing to retire before being called upon by the Grand 
Hospitaller, must deposit his contribution in the box 
provided and placed near the seat of the Junior Warden. 

The amount collected is under the immediate charge 
of the Grand Hospitaller or Almoner, and is dispensed 
by him with the consent of the presiding officer, — first to 
a worthy distressed brother; or if there be none such, 
then to some needy and deserving profane: in either 
case not permitting the recipient to know from what 
source the relief comes. 



INTRODUCTION. 25 

All brethren are required to be clothed with the 
apron, collar, and jewel of the body in which the degree 
is open, or that of a higher grade. 

It is not essential that all the brethren should be 
clothed in the regalia of the degree being worked at a 
reception, as this would lead to unnecessary expendi- 
ture, accumulation of clothing and depositories. One 
or more, for exemplification, are recommended, or so 
many sets as are essential for the proper exhibit of the 
drama of the degree, and the remainder of the brethren 
are clothed in the highest grade of the series. 

The records of bodies, from the fourth to the thirty- 
first inclusive, are termed "Engraved Tablets;" those 
of Consistories and the Supreme Council, "Balustres." 

The Battery of mourning, is made by the blow being 
given upon the left fore-arm. 

In closing bodies of the Ancient and Accepted rite, 
the following formula should- immediately precede so 
doing. 

The presiding officer asks of his First Assistant if he 
has any thing further to bring before the body, for the 
benefit of Masonry in general, of the Ancient and Ac- 
cepted Scottish rite, or of that body in particular. 

If the First Assistant has nothing to offer, the same 
query is made to the Second Assistant ; and if he has 
nothing to offer, both of the Assistants are directed to 
make known to the brethren in their respective valleys, 
that if any one of them has any thing which he desires 
to offer for the benefit, etc., the floor is tendered to 
him. 

If nothing is offered, the Assistants reply to the pre- 
siding officer that silence reigns in their respective val- 
leys. 

The following formula is required in the declaration 
2 



26 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

either of opening or closing an assemblage in the An- 
cient and Accepted Scottish rite : 

" To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe 
— in the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council and of the Sovereign Chiefs of Mcalted Ma- 
sonry, and by the power in me vested as * * * 
I hereby proclaim and declare" etc. 



FIRST SERIES. 

The symbolic degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow 
Craft or Companion, and Master Mason, are conferred 
in a Symbolic Lodge in the United States, and reference 
to them here is not deemed essential. 



SECOND SERIES. 

THE INEFFABLE DEGREES CONFERRED IN A LODGE OF 
PERFECTION. 

Unless it is expressly stated to the contrary, the 
officers in a Lodge of any of the Ineffable degrees are 
as follows : 

1. Thrice Potent Grand Master; 

2. Hiram of Tyre, Deputy Grand Master; 

3. Venerable Senior Grand Warden: 

4. Venerable Junior Grand Warden; 

5. Grand Orator; 

0. Grand Treasurer; 



PREFATORY. 27 

7. Grand Secretary; 

8. Grand Keeper of the Seals ; 

9. Grand Master of Ceremonies ; 

10. Grand Hospitaller; 

11. Grand Captain of the Guard; 

12. Grand Organist; 

13. Grand Tyler; 

and are stationed as designated in the diagram under 
the title of Degree of Perfection (page 151). 

The first four officers of a Lodge of Perfection must 
be possessed of the 16th grade. 

The number of regular members of a Lodge of Per- 
fection does not exceed 27 ; but of honorary members 
the number may be discretionary. 

Beside the festivals of the 24th of June and 27th of 
December (the twoSts. John's days), the Lodges every 
year celebrate the building of the first temple of the 
Grand Architect of the Universe, on the 5th day of Oc- 
tober, when " the Prince most ancient and high in de- 
grees shall preside. If the Wardens are the least an- 
cient, their places shall be filled by those most ancient in 
degrees, whom the T. P. Grand Master shall name ;" and 
the same rule is to be observed with the other officers also. 
The Lodges also observe the 5th day of the 5th month 
Ab, in memory of the dedication of the first temple. 

At all receptions, the Grand Orator makes discourses 
in illustration of the Order, instructs the new brethren, 
and explains to them the mysteries, and exhorts them 
to continue their zeal, fervor, and constancy. If he has 
observed any indiscretion or dispute, he informs the 
Lodge of it, and takes measures accordingly. 

If a brother is a prey to misfortune, it is the duty of 
every brother to endeavor to alleviate his unhappy sit> 
uation. 



28 BOOK OP THE A. AND A. BITE. 

It is the duty of the " Hospitable Brother" to visit all 
sick brethren, and see that they are well attended to. 

If any brother is taken sick, and it shall come to the 
knowledge of any member, he shall give early advice of 
it to the Hospitable Brother and to the Lodge, that the 
necessary succor may be administered. 

Should a brother die, all the brethren are expected to 
attend and assist at his funeral, in the usual manner. 
It is most proper that the Lodge be then opened in the 
Perfect Master's degree. 

Secrecy in reference to the mysteries, as well as the 
transactions of the Lodge regarding the character of a 
brother or applicant, being an indispensable obligation, 
the T.\ Potent should always, before closing his Lodge, 
remind the brethren of their duty in this respect, and 
enforce it in the usual manner and form. 

It is the duty of every subordinate body in the An- 
cient and Accepted Scottish rite to make annual returns 
to the Supreme Council of its transactions during the 
year; and its By-Laws,' before becoming effective, 
should be submitted to the Deputy for the State for 
his approval, and a copy transmitted to the Secretary- 
General of the Supreme Council, for filing. 

In cases of expulsions, a vote of two-thirds of the 
members present should be required. 



FOUBTH DEGEEE. 



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ARGUMENT. 

This grade, as chronologically arranged, originated with King 
Solomon, immediately after the assassination of Hiram the 
builder, and at the time the Temple was but partially constructed. 

The King of Israel selected seven of the most worthy and ex- 
pert brethren, Master Masons, and appointed them special guar- 
dians of the Sanctum Sanctorum, and of the sacred furniture of 
that most Holy Place. They were called Secret Masters, and as 
in due time they were advanced to higher grades, and thus va- 
cancies were created, others were selected to fill their places. 
But one guard was on duty at a time, yet seven were selected, 
and this is termed the mysterious number of this degree, it having 
many allusions, to the seven cardinal virtues ; to happiness, to 
which our brethren thought there were seven degrees; to the 
seven stages of life ; to the seven laws or principles of Noah, 
given for the government of his posterity ; and to the seven days 
of the week, — the last having been set apart for the great teach- 
ing of this degree, Secrecy and Silence. This degree forms a 
beautiful introduction to the Ineffable series. 






JL 




SECRET MASTER. 




SECRET MASTER. 

THE FOURTH. GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 
SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE FIRST DEGREE OF THE IN- 
EFFABLE SERIES. 



THE LODGE AND ITS DECORATIONS. 

The Lodge of Secret Masters represents the Holy Place 
or Sanctuary of the Temple ; is hung in black, strewed 
with white tears, and contains the brazen salver of pure 
water, with napkins and bunch of hyssop, the seven- 
branch candlestick, which is burning in the East, and 
which is the only light in the Lodge. 

The Sanctuary is separated from the Holy of Holies 
by a balustrade of white marble and heavy hangings 
of black. In the balustrade of white marble there is 
one door of two leaves, made of olive-wood and beauti- 
fully ornate. Immediately in front of this entrance are 
four small columns of white, in quadrangular position, 
united by rods, from which hangings of four colors, 
white, blue, purple, and crimson, are suspended: on 
either side of all these are two brazen columns support- 
ing each a sphere. 

a* 



34 



BOOK 01 THE A. AND A. RITE. 




Over the East is a large circle, composed of a serpent 
having its tail in its mouth, enclosing three luminous 
triangles interlaced, forming nine beams with a blazing 
star in the centre. In the centre of the star is a ">, and 
in the interstices of the interlacing triangles, the char- 
acters A A <& tD <A> *-? XX A, which are the in- 
itials of the nine sacred words. 

Within the East is represented the Sanctum Sancto- 
rum of King Solomon's Temple, which contains the ark 
of the covenant, with its furniture, the ten golden can- 
dlesticks, the tablets of the law, the veiled pillar of 
beauty, the Enochian column, etc. 

The jewels of the officers are in crape, as the Lodge 
is in mourning for the G.\ M.\ Hiram. The furniture 
is also draped in black. 

The altar of perfumes, which is in the Southeast 
corner of the Sanctuary, during a Reception is burning. 



SECEET MASTER. 35 

No working-tools are used in this Lodge, for the 
reason that the labors on the Temple were suspended 
after the death of Hiram the Builder. 

OFFICERS. 

The Thrice Potent, who represents King Solomon, in 
the East. 

The Grand Inspector, who represents Adoniram, son 
of Abda, in the West. 

The Treasurer is seated as in Perfection. 

The Secretary " " " 

The Grand Orator " " " 

The Master of Ceremonies is seated as in Perfection. 

The Captain of the Guard " " " 

The Sentinel, with drawn sword, in front of the small 
curtains at the entrance to the Holy of Holies. 

CLOTHING. 

The King, seated in front and to the left of the 
guarded entrance to the Holy of Holies, is robed in 
black, bordered with ermine, holding a sceptre and 
crowned ; he wears a wide blue sash from right to left, 
to which is attached a delta of gold. 

On the triangular altar to his left are the apron, col- 
lar, gloves, and jewel of the degree, and a white robe; 
also a wreath of olive and laurel. 

The Grand Inspector is seated in the West, wears a 
white robe and covering, and the apron, collar, gloves, 
and jewel of the degree, and holding a drawn sword. 

All the officers are clothed similar to the Grand In- 
spector, but having their appropriate jewels, which cor- 
respond with those of the same official stations in the 
degree of Perfection. 



36 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 



Apron* — "White, bordered with black, with blue flap, 
on the flap an eye worked in gold ; on the area of the 
apron, the letter Z within a wreath of olive and laureL 

Collar — Wide white ribbon, edged with black ; at the 
bottom a black rosette, to which is suspended the jewel. 




Jewel — An ivory key with the letter Z on the wards. 

Gloves — White, with the wristbands bordered with 
black, and turned over. 

Hours of Work — From dawn to close of day. 

Battery — • • © • e e • At a Reception given in 
mourning. 

Moral — Secrecy, or Silence and Fidelity. 

Symbolic Age — Seven. 

All present except the officers are robed in black. 
During a Reception, the Treasurer's station is vacant, 
as there can be but seven Secret Masters. 



* The aprons of the Ineffable degrees are defined in the North- 
ern Jurisdiction as being triangular — those of the Southern Juris- 
diction, as squaje. 



SECRET MASTER. 37 



OPENING. 



T.\ P.'. What are you taught as a Secret Master? 

G.'. I.'. The duty of Secrecy and Silence. 

T.\ P.'. What is the hour? 

G.'. L\ The morning star has driven away the 
shades of night, and the great light begins to glad- 
den our Lodge. 

T.\ P.'. As the morning star is the forerunner of 

the great light which begins to shine on our Lodge, 

and we are all Secret Masters, it is time to commence 

our labors. 

o • • 

Whoso draweth nigh to the contemplation of the 
Ineffable mysteries, should put off the shoes of his 
worldly conversations ; for the place whereon he 




38 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

stands is holy ground. Set a watch, O Jehovah, 
before my mputh, and keep thou the door of my 
lips. 

Brother Adoniram, you will give notice, that I am 
about to open a Lodge of Secret Masters by the 
sacred number. 



RECEPTION. 

The candidate is robed in black, etc. 

***** 
LESSOK 

T:. P.\ The Lord of hosts shall be exalted in 
judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in 
righteousness. 

Chant. O Lord! have mercy upon us, for thy 
goodness endureth forever. 

G.'. I.'. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with 
cords of vanity and sin, as it were with a rope. 

Chant O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

T.\ P.*. Woe unto them that call evil good, and 
good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for 
darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for 
bitter. 



SECRET MASTER. 39 

Chant. O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

G.\ I.'. I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high 
and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above 
it stood the seraphim : each one had six wings ; with 
twain he covered his face, with twain he covered his 
feet, and with twain he did fly. 

Chant. O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

T.\ P.\ And one cried unto another, saying : 
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole 
earth is full of his glory. 

Chant. O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

G.\ L\ And the posts of the door moved at the 
voice of him that spake, and the heavens were filled 
with smoke. 

CJianL O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

T.'. P.'. Then said I, Woe is me ! for I am undone : 
because I am a man of unclean lips, for my eyes have 
seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of 
the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, 
which he had taken from off the altar, and he laid it 
upon my mouth, and said : Lo, this hath touched thy 
lips ; thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is 
purged. 

Chant. O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

G.\ I.\ Bless the Lord, O my soul ; and all that is 
within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O 
my soul, and forget not all his benefits. 

Chant. O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

T.'. P.'. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who 
healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life 



40 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving 
kindness and tender mercies. 

Chant O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

G.'. I.\ He hath not dealt with ns after our sins ; 
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as 
the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his 
mercy towards them that fear him. 

Chant. O Lord ! have mercy, etc. 

T.\ P.'. As for man, his days are but as grass : as 
a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind 
passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof 
shall know it no more. 

PRAYER. 

Our Father, who dost rule the heaven and the 
earth, and all that in them is : Thou Great Supreme, 
who art the Author of every good and every perfect 
gift : deign to guide us in our endeavor to combat 
darkness, and to direct the mind and thoughts of this 
our brother at the threshold, in the solemn approach 
to the innermost mysteries of thy holy Temple, where 
we seek for truth, for the full understanding of the 
divine lessons contained in thy "Word," and the 
final attainment of the salvation of the soul immortal. 

May this brother feel that the doctrines contained 
in the new vows he is now about to assume, are wor- 
thy of his noblest Masonic thoughts and of his holiest 
reverence. 

Aid us, O Lord ! to so instruct him to look within 
his own heart — that innermost sanctuary — that he 



SECRET MASTER. 4l 

may prepare to receive the impress of thy Holy 
Name, which shall be a seal of eternal life. 

In thee, Lord! alone resides the power! To 
thee be all the glory. Amen. 

Woe nnto those who aspire to that for which they 
are unfitted. 

Woe unto those who assume a burden which they 
cannot bear. 

Woe unto those who assume duties lightly, and 
afterwards neglect them. 

Duty is with us always, inflexible as fate. 

In health or sickness, in prosperity or adversity, 
duty is with us always, exacting as necessity. 

It rises with us in the morning, and watches by 
our pillow at night. In the roar of the city and in 
the loneliness of the desert, duty is with us always, 
imperative as destiny. 



T:. P.\ Whoso draweth nigh to the contempla- 
tion of the Ineffable mysteries, let him put off the 
shoes of his worldly conversation and corrupt affec- 
tions, for the place whereon he standeth is Holy 
ground. May we ever remember to keep a watchful 
eye upon the feet of our affections. Before we ap- 
proach the house of the Lord, let us seriously con- 
sider whether we have taken straight steps in the 
paths of his commandments, and whether our feet 
are set in due order and cleansed according to the 



•±2 BOOK OP THE A, A5D A, PJTE. 

purifications oi the Sanctuary. Let us wash, as it 
were, in the layer of repentance. Wash yon. and 
make yon clean ; pnt away the evil of your doings ; 
acknowledge your iniquities and return unto the 
Lord, for he wfll hare mercy upon you, and our 
Elohim will abundantly pardon. Let us indie each 
other to practise \irlu e and shun vice. While our 
feet are prepared for walking in the ways of his com- 
mandments, our hands should in like manner be pre- 
pared for working in his service. 

Saith the father of our ancient Most Potent Grand 
Master, " I will wash mine haTirls fn innocency, and 
so will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah." May 
he who beareth the keys of David be pleased now to 
open to this brother a door of entrance to the Ineffa- 
ble degrees. My brother, you have hitherto seen 
only the thick veil which hides from your view the 
Sanctum Sanctorum of God's Holy Temple. Tour 
fidelity, zeal, and constancy have won for you the 
favor you are now about to receive, of viewing some 
of our treasures and gaining admission into the 
Secret or Holy place. 



Set a watch, O Jehovah ! before my mouth, and 

thou the door of my hps. 
Brother Grand Inspector, remove the vefl. 



SECRET MASTER. 43 

Chant. O Lord! have mercy upon us, for thy 
goodness enduretli forever ! 



In the Ineffable degrees, every lesson taught is 
connected directly or indirectly with our dearest in- 
terest in this or in a future world. The whole sys- 
tem tends to promote the glory of God and the good 
of mankind. In the symbolic degrees these things 
are taught generally ; in the Ineffable and Sublime 
degrees, in detail. 

Genuine Freemasonry, my brother, is a system of 
morals, and approaches religion : in fact, such was 
primitive Freemasonry. Ineffable Freemasonry is 
practised with an eye single to the improvement of 
our morals, and a reference to those sublime truths 
which constituted its principal essence in the earlier 
ages of the world. It rises above all human institu- 
tions, and forms a beautiful auxiliary to the practice 
of religion. In no place, except in God's Holy Word, 
are the moral and social virtues enforced by such 
awful sanctions and decrees. 

The degrees upon which you are now entering, are 
called Ineffable, because they treat of the Ineffable 
name of the Great Jehovah, and of his Ineffable 
essence. 



O Jehovah! our Adonai, how excellent is thy 



4A BOOK Or THE A. AM) A, BTTE. 

name over all the earth.! Thy name declares the 
glory of Elohim. There appears to be power in the 
name which revealeth secrets. 

Freemasonry is an art of great compass and extent. 
A knowledge of its mysteries is not attained at once, 
bnt by degrees. Each degree in Ineffable Masonry 
is intended to inculcate a moral lesson and the prac- 
tice of some particular yirtue. Advances are made 
only by much instruction and assiduous application. 
Each step is progressive, and opens new light and 
information. According to the progress we make, 
we limit or extend our mquiries ; and in proportion 
to our capacities, we attain a greater or less degree 
of perfection. 

Freemasonry is an allegorical system. Every doc- 
trine and ceremony has its mystical reference, which 
is not always apparent at the first blush ; so that 
where the uninformed and weak find only mystery, 
the true initiate and thoughtful possess food for the 
employment of the noblest faculties. The true Ma- 
son will not rest satisfied with mere ceremonies, 
which in themselves are cold and heartless, but will 
study to comprehend their mystical signification. 
"We, as Ineffable Masons, retain and continue to 
practise these signs and symbols, because we believe 
thev work closer into our hearts than mere words. 



Permit me now, my brother, to receive you as a 
Secret Master, and give you rank among the Levites, 






SECRET MASTER. 45 



The laurel, an emblem of victory, is to remind you 
of the conquest you ought to gain over your pas- 
sions ; the olive, a symbol of peace, which should 
ever reign among us. With Wisdom, Strength, Pru- 
dence, and Fortitude, may you soon obtain the favor 
of an entrance into the secret vault. It will be your 
own fault if you are not found worthy, and do not in 
due time arrive at the sacred place, where, wrapped 
in divine joy, you may contemplate the pillar of 
Beauty. 

***** 

By the rank you now hold among the Levites in 
the quality of Secret Master, you have become one 
of the guardians of the Sanctum Sanctorum, and I 
place you in the number of seven. 

The eye upon your apron is to remind you to keep 
a watchful eye upon the sacred treasures you are set 
apart to guard, and over the moral conduct of the 
Craft in general. 

Bemember, too, that the eye of the Lord is on 
them that fear him. 



Brother Adoniram, it is our order that you cause 
to be erected a tomb or obelisk, of white and black 
marble, west-southwest of the Temple, wherein shall 
be deposited the embalmed remains of our lamented 
Grand Master H.\ A.*. The white marble shall 



46 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

denote the innocence and purity of our departed 
Grand Master, and the black the untimely death of 
him we mourn. 

See, therefore, that the solemn duty is speedily 
executed, and let the obsequies be performed with 
becoming and imposing ceremonies. 



FIFTH DEGREE. 



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ARGUMENT. 



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v±r— es ::" .Ir iriri^d— ;,:i tit 




PERFECT MASTER, 




PERFECT MASTER. 

THE FIFTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 
SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE SECOND OF THE INEFFABLE 
SERIES.* 



DECORATIONS. 



The Lodge is hung with green cloth from eight white 
columns, four on each side, and equidistant. An altar, 
draped in black, strewed with tears, is placed in the 
East at the foot of the throne. In front of the altar is 
a coffin, draped in black, resting on a bier, with the 
jewel and apron of Grand Master H.\ A.'. 

Four lights are placed at each of the cardinal points. 

Marks of blood are in the northeast section of the 
Lodge. 

The star in the interlaced triangle of the Secret Mas- 
ter's degree is changed from white to red, so as to 
throw a lurid light. 

* Lodges of Sorrow in the Ancient and Accepted rite are usu- 
ally held in this degree, as see form of ritual in the after part of 
this work, 



52 



BOOK OF THE A, AXD A. BITE, 



TITLES. 

1. The Senior Grand Warden is the Master, and rep- 
resents Adoniram. He is styled Right Worshipful, or 
Resj actable Master, and is clothed as a Prince of Jeru- 
salem. He is seated in the East 

2. The Junior Grand Warden is seated in the West, 
repress": ^ Z bnd, and i ; styled Grand Inspector. He 

a a black robe and cap, together with the order 
and jewel of a Prince of Jerusalem. 

3. The Captain of the Guard repres eats Zerbal, Cap- 
tain of King Solomon's Guards, and is dressed as a 
Perfect Master. 

4. The Master of Ceremonies represents Stolkin, and 
is dressed as a Secret Master. 

CLOTHING. 

Black robe and hood drawn over the head — apron, 
collar, jewel, and white gloves, bordered with black. 





PERFECT MASTER. 



53 



Apron — White, with a green flap ; on the centre is a 
cubic stone, surrounded by three circles, with the He- 
brew letter *> in the centre. 

Collar — A watered green ribbon, at the end of which 
is suspended the jewel. 

Jewel — A compass open on a segment of a graduated 
circle at an angle of sixty degrees. 

Battery — • • • • denotes life, death, virtue, and im- 
mortality. 

Moral — That we should learn to pay due respect to 
the memory of a deceased worthy brother. 




EEOEPTIOIsr. 



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Come, ye sighing sons of sorrow, 
View with me your brother's tomb ; 

Leam from it your fate — to-morrow 
Death perhaps may seal your doom. 



Sad and solemn flow our numbers, 
While disconsolate we mourn 

The loss of him who sweetly slumbers, 
Mould'ring 'neath the silent urn. 



Once, when full of life, he never 
Proved unfaithful to our laws ; 

Zealous, like him, be we ever, 
To promote the glorious cause. 



To th' exalted power Almighty, 
Softly breathe an ardent prayer- 

On his sacred mound tread lightly, 
"While we wipe the falling tear. 



PEAYER. 

O Almighty and Eternal God ! there is no num- 
ber of thy days or of thy mercies. Thou hast sent 
us into this world to serve thee, but we wander far 



56 BOOK OP THE A. A2sD A. KITE. 

from tliee in the path of error. Our life is but a 
span in length, and vet tedious, because of the 
calamities that enclose us on every side. The days 
of our pilgrimage are few and evil ; our bodies frail ; 
our passions violent and distempered; our under- 
standings weak, and our Trills perverse. Look thou 
upon us, our Father, in mercy and pity. TTe adore 
thy majesty, and trust like little children to thine in- 
finite mercies. Give us patience to live well, and 
firmness to resist evil, even as our departed brother 
resisted. Give us, most merciful Father, faith 
and confidence in thee ; and enable us so to live, that 
when we come to die we may he down in the grave 
like one who composes himself to sleep, and that we 
may be worthy hereafter to be remembered in the 
memories of man. Bless us, O God : bless our 
beloved fraternity throughout the world : may we 
live and emulate the example of our departed broth- 
er ; and finally, that we may in this world attain a 
knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come, 
life everlasting. Ame>~. 

Death regards not those sweet engagements and 
pleasing intercourses, and those improving joys which 
are known to Freemasons. Death summons away, 
in the midst of his day and usefulness, many a 
beloved brother of our craft. TTe behold his sun at 
meridian, and rejoice at its brightness ; but alas ! it 
soon sets, and the evening shades of existence close 
around him forever. 



TERFECT MASTER. 57 

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy 
Touth, while the evil days come not, nor the years 
draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure 
in them : while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or 
the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return 
after the rain. In the day when the keepers of the 
house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow 
themselves, and the grinders cease because they are 
few, and those that look out of the windows be 
darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets 
when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall 
rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters 
of music shall be brought low. Also when they shall 
be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in 
the way, and the almond-tree shall nourish, and the 
grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : 
because man goeth to his long-home, and the mourn- 
ers go about the streets : or ever the silver cord be 
loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher 
be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at 
the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth 
as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who 
gave it. 



This ceremony was originally established to com- 
memorate the death of our Grand Master H.\ A.*., 
whose labors at the building of the first Temple, and 
whose tragical death, furnish so much of the mys- 
tical knowledge of Ancient Craft Masonry. It is 




PERFECT MASTER. 



PERFECT MASTER. 59 

retained by us that it may be improved as a lesson 
both useful and instructive. Let us look forward to 
brighter scenes, when our deceased brother, who had 
been smitten down by the resistless hand of death, 
shall be raised from his prostrate state at the word 
of out- Supreme Grand Master, and admitted to the 
privilege of the Perfect Lodge above. 

HISTORY. 

G.'. 0.'. Some time after the death of our Grand 
Master H.\ A.\, King Solomon was informed that 
the body was found. 



The perpetrators of the horrid deed were not at 
this time discovered, and it was not certain but that 
they might have the hardihood and effrontery to 
mingle with the brethren, and seem to join in the 
general grief, in order to better conceal their guilt 
and prevent suspicion. In order to ascertain the 
truth of the matter, King Solomon caused a general 
muster of all the workmen to be made. 



Happy to have the poor consciousness of having 
found the precious remains of so great and so good a 
man as H.\ A.'., and having an opportunity of pay- 
ing a just tribute of respect to his memory, he or- 
dered the noble Adoniram, his Grand Inspector, to 
make suitable arrangements for his interment. The 



60 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

brethren were directed to attend with white gloves 
and aprons, and he forbade the marks of blood 
which had been spilled in the Temple to be effaced 
until the traitors should be discovered and punished. 
In the mean while, he directed the noble Adoniram 
to furnish a plan for a superb tomb or obelisk, of 
white and black marble, which plan was accepted 
and the work finished. 

***** 

Three days after the funeral ceremonies had been 
performed, King Solomon repaired with his Court to 
the Temple, and all the brethren being arranged as 
at the funeral, he proceeded with his brethren to see 
and examine the tomb and obelisk, with the inscrip- 
tion thereon. Struck with astonishment and admi- 
ration, he raised his eyes and hands to heaven and 
exclaimed — " It is accomplished and complete !" 



SIXTH DEGEEE. 



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ARGUMENT. 

The legend of this degree relates to an incident which occurred 
in King Solomon's Audience Chamber, upon the supposition of 
the King of Tyre that a spy or eaves-dropper had been stationed 
to watch his movements at the time of his complaint that the 
King of Israel had violated his promise. The life of the sup- 
posed spy was demanded, but saved by the intercession of King 
Solomon, and his zeal and trustworthiness, upon examination, re- 
warded by his becoming the witness to a new compact. 

It is in nowise connected with the degree preceding or succeed- 
ing it, and is the mere enactment of an episode occurring pending 
the period of mourning over the loss of the great builder Hiram. 

The ceremony or drama is exciting, and impressive of the les- 
son intended to be taught, viz. : that we should be ever careful 
never to offend a brother by prying into his secrets, that the Ma- 
sonic term eaves-dropping is criminal, and " a soft answer turn- 
eth away wrath." 




INTIMATE SECRETARY. 



THE SIXTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 



SERIES. 



THE APARTMENT AND ITS DECORATIONS. 

The Lodge-room represents the audience-chamber of 
King Solomon's Temple. It is hung with black, strewed 
with silver tears. It has twenty-seven lights, nine to- 
ward the East, nine toward the West, and nine to- 
ward the South. Upon the table east of the centre of 
the chamber, are two cross-swords, an hour-glass, a large 
scroll with seals, a skull, book of the Testimony, and 
book of the Constitutions. 

OFFICERS, AND THEIR COSTUMES. 

King Solomon and Hiram, King of Tyre, are styled 
Thrice Illustrious, and are seated near the East, by the 
table ; the only other officer, the Captain of the Guard — 
representing Zerbal — is stationed in the "West. The 
two kings are robed as in the Degree of Perfection. 
The brethren are termed Perfect Masters, and during a 



64 



BOOK OF TffR A- AXD A- BITE. 



reception are stationed "without the chamber, as guards, 
with drawn swords, under the charge of ZerbaL 





Apron — Triangular, of white lambskin, lined, bor- 
dered, and trimmed with bright crimson ; on the flap is 
an equilateral triangle ; in the angle of the apex, the let- 
ter B Q), and in the one on the left, N" Q) ; in the 
right, Sh (27) ; on the centre of the area of the apron, 

ih".rr.. 

Collar — White, bordered and trimmed with crimson, 
suspended from which is the 

Jewel — A golden triangle, similar to that mentioned 
on the flap of the apron, 

GloTes — White, bordered with crimson, 

Battery — •••••••• — •, thrice repeated. 



EECEPTIOZS" 



I honor Joabert for his fidelity and attachment ; 
I gladly acquit him of any intention other than zeal- 



INTIMATE SECEETAKY. 65 

ous faithfulness. Your friendship, and that of those 
you govern, I would gladly cultivate ; and in accord- 
ance with our promise, let the new treaty of alli- 
ance be drawn, and Joabert be admitted as our Inti- 
mate or Confidential Secretary and Witness, in lieu 
of our lost friend, whom we now so deeply mourn. 



INVESTMENT. 

I will now proceed to invest you with the insignia 
of this degree. The color of your ribbon and apron 
* * * May you be equally faithful to your en- 
gagement but now contracted. 

Your Jewel — a solid triangle — is emblematical of 
law and justice, truth and peace, without which no 
compact can exist : also of the wisdom, strength, and 
beauty which should characterize all alliances ; and 
of the three virtues, Faith, Hope, and Charity, or 
Love. It is also said to be emblematical of those 
Masons who were present at the opening of the first 
Lodge of Intimate Secretaries, King Solomon, Hi- 
ram, King of Tyre, and Joabert, whom you have rep- 
resented. It has many allusions, with which a 
knowledge of our Kabala will make you acquainted. 

I also present you with a sword of defence against 
any attacks which may be made on your integrity 
and honor as a Mason. As a Confidential Secretary 
you are intrusted with an especial confidence, and as 
a full proof of it, we accept you as our Intimate Sec- 
retary and a witness to our new alliance. 



66 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

The room with black hangings, strewed with tears, 
represents King Solomon's Hall of Audience, to 
which he was wont to retire to lament the unhappy 
fate of Hiram Abi. It was in this chamber that 
King Hiram found him when he came to visit him 
on the occasion represented at your initiation in this 
degree. The tears are emblematical of the repent- 
ance of Joabert in this chamber, and the grief of Sol- 
omon and all true Craftsmen of his day for the loss 
of Hiram Abi. You will now go to the Grand Orator 
and learn the history of this degree. 

HISTORY. 

G.'. 0.\ Solomon, in consequence of the treaty es- 
tablished between his ambassadors and Hiram, King 
of Tyre, solemnly covenanted to furnish a certain 
number of measures of oil, honey, and wheat, be- 
sides the grant of twenty cities, in lieu of the tim- 
bers hewn in the forest of Libanus for the building 
of the Temple, as well as for the stone hewn in the 
quarries of Tyre. King Hiram went to see the 
cities so assigned to him, and had the mortification 
to find them a barren and sandy soil, almost depop- 
ulated, and the inhabitants of a rude and unculti- 
vated class, the cities greatly fallen to decay, and 
that the province in that condition was likely to be a 
burden rather than an advantage to his treasury. 
He determined to go in person to Jerusalem and ex- 
postulate with Solomon on his breaking the spirit of 
his promise ; while, in truth, it was the intention of 



Estimate secretary. 67 

King Solomon, before putting the King of Tyre in 
possession, to rebuild and adorn the cities, and to 
change the inhospitable land into cultivated gardens, 
fields, and meadows. 

Arriving at Jerusalem, King Hiram entered the 
palace, and, without waiting to be announced, went 
through the court and angrily passed the guard into 
the audience-chamber, where he found King Solo- 
mon alone, mourning over the death of Hiram Abi. 

Joabert, the favorite of King Solomon, newly ap- 
pointed Lieutenant of the Guards — all composed 
of Perfect Masters — seeing King Hiram enter in 
such excitement and rage, and not knowing him 
personally, feared that he intended some violence, 
and approached the door of the audience-chamber, 
to be ready to rush in and defend his master if there 
should be occasion. His zeal and devotion causing 
him to neglect the precaution which merely curiosity 
would have observed, he was seen by King Hiram, 
seized upon by him and dragged into the hall, where 
he would have been at once slain by the enraged 
king but for the interference of his own sovereign, 
who immediately called the guard and ordered them 
to seize the guilty man and be answerable for his ap- 
pearance when wanted. 

The guards being sent away, King Solomon ex- 
plained to Hiram that he had intended to rebuild 
the twenty cities and to furnish the fields with hus- 
bandmen before giving them to him : he also assured 
the king that, of all the favorites and lords of his 



68 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

court, Joabert had always evinced the warmest at- 
tachment to his person, and he knew him sufficiently 
well to be convinced that the indiscretion he had 
been guilty of was not attributable to the desire to 
gratify any idle curiosity, but to watch over his 
safety and interests. He therefore entreated the 
king to withhold the sentence he had determined to 
pronounce against him. 

The King of Tyre, knowing how gratifying it 
would be to King Solomon that his favorite should 
be pardoned, and convinced "by the statement of the 
Captain of the Guard, readily assented, and the two 
kings renewed their alliance, which was to be perpet- 
ual, with mutual promises of fidelity ; to which treaty 
Joabert was selected as the witness or Confidential 
Secretary — which position had theretofore been 
filled by the lamented Hiram. 

In this you are taught to be zealous and faithful — 
to be disinterested and benevolent — to act the peace- 
maker in case of dissensions, disputes, and quarrels 
among your brethren — and to beware of eaves- 
dropping. 



SEVENTH DEGEEE. 



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ARGUMENT. 

In accordance -with, the legend of this degree, King Solomon, 
upon the death of the Grand Master, Hiram, found it necessaiy to 
appoint several Judges, in order that justice might be adminis- 
tered among the workmen upon the Temple, their complaints 
heard, and their disputes decided ; for difficulties and disturb- 
ances were now more frequent, pending the temporary cessation 
of work and the period of mourning? 

This duty of judgment had devolved upon the lamented Hiram, 
and his loss caused the appointment of Tito and his associates to 
listen to and adjust the complaints that might be brought before 
them. 




PROVOST AND JUDGE. 



THE SEVENTH DEGREE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 



SERIES. 



THE APARTMENT AND ITS DECORATIONS. 

The apartment represents the middle chamber of 
King Solomon's Temple, where the records were kept. 
It is draped with red, and in the East is a blue canopy 
representing the sky, which is embellished with stars. 

Under the centre of the canopy is suspended an ebony 
box, ornamented with jewels, which contains the records 
of the tribunal of Provosts and Judges. 

In the middle of the chamber hangs an equilateral 
triangle, in the centre of which is j"P ; under the triangle 
is hung an equipoised balance. 

The Lodge-room is lighted by five lights — one in each 
corner and one in the centre of the chamber. 



72 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 

OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. 

Thrice Illustrious — represents Judge Tito, Prince oi 
the Herodim, the oldest of the Provosts and Judges, 
and is seated in the East. 

Senior Warden — represents Adoniram, in the West. 

Junior Warden — represents Abda, father of Adoni- 
ram, and is also seated in the West. 

Orator — represents Josaphat, son of Ahilud, in the 
South. 

Master of Ceremonies — in the North. 

Captain of the Guard — in the North. 

Sentinel — at the entrance. 

The seven officers should be in white robes, and all 
the other brethren in black robes. 

REGALIA, JEWELS, ETC. 

Apron — Triangular, white, edged with red; in the 
middle of the area a pocket, surrounded by five white 
and red rosettes ; on the flap is painted or embroidered 
a key. 

Collar — Red, from which is suspended the 

Jewel — A golden key. 

Battery — • • • • — e . 

Hour — Break of day — eight, two, and seven. 





TROVOST AND JUDGE. 



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74 BOOK OP THE A. AM) A. EITE. 

Who neTer did a slander forge, 
His neighbor's fame to wound, 

Nor hearken to a false report 
By malice whispered round. 

Who, Yice, in all its pomp and power, 
Can treat with just neglect, 

And Piety, though clothed in rags, 
Religiously respect. 

Whose soul in wickedness disdains 

His powers to employ, 
Whom no rewards can ever bribe 

The guiltless to destroy. 



To render justice and judgment is more acceptable 
to the Lord than a sacrifice. Te shall not fear the 
face of man, for the judgment is God's. 

S.\ JV.\ Thou shalt provide out of all the people 
able men, such as fear God : men of truth and haters 
of injustice, and set them to judge the people at all 
seasons. 

J.'. TV.'. Open thy mouth and judge righteously, 
for he that followeth after light eousness and mercy, 
findeth life, happiness, and honor. 

T.'. L\ Hear the causes between your brethren, 
and judge righteously between man and man, and 
between the citizen and the stranger. Ye shall not 
respect persons in judgment, but shall listen to the 
humble as well as to the great. 



PROVOST AND JUDGE. 75 

S.\ W:. See that ye judge not falsely, nor slay the 
innocent and the righteous ; and take no gift, for a 
gift blindeth the wise and perverteth the words of 
the righteous. Blessed are the peace-makers, for 
they shall see the Lord. 

J.\ W.\ You shall have one manner of law, as well 
for the stranger as for one of your own country. 
One ordinance shall be for you and the stranger that 
sojoumeth with you : one law and one custom shall 
be adjudged for all. 

T.\ /.*. Love justice, you that are the judges of 
the earth. Justice is perpetual and immortal. Op- 
press not the poor just man, but spare the widow, 
and honor the ancient gray hairs of the aged. Let 
not your strength be the law of justice, nor hold that 
which is feeble to be nothing worth. 



Let justice be ever meted out by you ; yet let it 
be tempered with mercy, for as ye judge, so shall ye 
be judged. 

My brother, it is your desire to become a Provost 
and Judge. Are you aware that he, who would as- 
sume that character and would judge and decide be- 
tween his brethren, must himself be a just and up- 
right man — impartial, cautious, merciful— of pure 
morals and blameless life and conversation — and 
that he must, first of all, give judgment against his 
own faults ? 

He who would assume the character of Judge is 



76 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 

guilty of a great offence if lie does not fully inform 
himself of the laws and that jurisprudence which, he 
is called on to construe, to apply, to administer, and 
to enforce — nay, he who ignores his own offences or 
errors, and punishes the same offences or errors in 
another, is a false judge and a disloyal Mason. 

Let the unjust judge tremble, for God will smite 
him with the sharp sword of his wrath. Let the un- 
qualified, who usurps the seat of judgment, remem- 
ber the fate of those who laid their unholy hands 
upon the ark, and were smitten with God's anger for 
their presumption. 



Haying full confidence, my brother, in your zeal 
and devotion, I with pleasure receive you as a Pro- 
vost and Judge over the workmen of the Temple. 
It gives me joy, my brother, thus to recompense 
your zeal and attachment to the institution of Ma- 
sonry. Well assured of your prudence and discre- 
tion, we, without hesitation, intrust you with our 
most important secrets ; and we doubt not that you 
will discharge all your duties in this grade as you 
have done in those you have already taken. You 
have now a twofold duty to perform — as a Judge, to 
decide all matters of difference that may arise among 
your brethren ; and as a Provost, to rule over the 
workmen of the Temple. Be just, impartial, and 
merciful. 



PROVOST AND JUDGE. 



77 



INVESTITURE. 



I now invest you with the apron, collar, and jewel 
of this degree. I decorate you in this quality with 
this golden key, suspended to a red collar. 

Torn- apron is white, bordered with red, as an em- 
blem of the ardor and zeal of the Masters : the 
pocket in the middle of the area is intended for the 
key of the box wherein is contained the plans and 
records of the tribunal, which key is represented to 
you by that on the flap. It teaches you to lock care- 
fully up in your heart the secrets of Masonry, and to 
keep the key ever in your own possession ; and it is 
especially emblematical of that justice and upright- 
ness that alone can unlock to you the mysteries con- 
tained in the higher degrees, and enable you to ad- 
vance towards perfection. The golden key also 
opens an urn of gold. 

The Lodge represents the middle chamber of King 
Solomon's Temple. 

The triangle is emblematical, here as elsewhere in 
Masonry, of the Deity, of his omnipotence and om- 
niscience ; and it is also emblematical of the three 
great requisites of a Judge — possessed by him in 
their perfection and infinitude — Justice, Equity, and 
Impartiality. Let that emblem and the balance be 
ever before your eyes, and remind you of the obliga- 
tion which you have taken in this degree, of the du- 
ties which devolve upon you, of the responsibilities 



78 BOOK OF THE A. AM) A. RITE. 

which rest upon you, and which, with God's eye ever 
fixed upon you, you cannot evade or avoid. 



HISTOKY. 

Orator. It is said that King Solomon, after the 
death of the Grand Master Hiram, in order that jus- 
tice might be administered among the workmen 
upon the Temple, their complaints heard, and their 
disputes be decided, appointed seven Provosts and 
Judges to adjust their demands, listen to their com- 
plaints, and settle any disputes and differences that 
might arise among them. He appointed Tito, Prince 
of Herodim, to be the chief Provost and Judge, 
Adoniram, and Abda, his father, and four others 
learned in the law of Moses, to complete the number 
and constitute the Tribunal. They held their sit- 
tings in the middle chamber of the Temple, where 
the records of the Tribunal were kept, in a box of 
ebony, studded with precious gems, the key of which 
was committed to the Provosts or Judges ; and there 
they considered and adjusted the demands and dif- 
ferences of the workmen, and determined all appeals 
from the judgment of a single Provost and Judge — ■ 
administering the same laws to the Phoenician as to 
the Hebrew, and endeavoring to do entire justice, 
according to the law of Moses, between man and 
man. 

***** 



HiOVOST AND JUDGE. 79 

The necessity for a Court of Judges did not exist 
until after the death of the Grand Master Hiram, as 
the number of difficulties and dissensions among the 
workmen was not so numerous, and judgment was 
arrived at by the ready decisions of Hiram, which 
all quietly acquiesced in. 

As a Provost and Judge, it is your especial duty 
to render justice to all, to hear patiently, remember 
accurately, and weigh carefully the facts and the ar- 
guments offered. In our intercourse with others, 
there are two kinds of injustice : the first, of those 
who offer an injury ; the second, of those who have 
it in their power to avert an injury from those to 
whom it is offered, and yet do it not. So active in- 
justice may be done in two ways — by force and by 
fraud. 

Respect not persons in judgment, but listen to the 
humble as well as to the great. Fear God, for judg- 
ment is God's. 

"While you would administer justice, show mercy. 
Exhibit the subduing influences of pity, the might of 
love, the control of mildness, the commanding ma- 
jesty of that perfect character which mingles grave 
displeasure with grief and pity for the offender. So 
brother Masons should treat their fellow Masons 
who go astray — not with bitterness, nor yet with 
good-natured easiness nor worldly indifference. 

The human heart bows not willingly to what is in- 
firm or wrong in our nature. If it yields to us, it 
rather yields to what is divine in us. The wicked- 



80 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

ness of my neighbor will not submit to my wicked- 
ness. Therefore deal faithfully, but patiently and 
tenderly, with evil. 

Remember that it becomes not frail and sinful 
humanity to be vindictive towards even the worst of 
criminals. Perhaps we owe it solely to a kind Provi- 
dence haying kept from ns those temptations, under 
which we, too, like them, would have fallen. 

Finally, as a true Mason and Judge, always re- 
member the injunction : " Thou shalt not respect tho 
person of the poor, nor honor the person of the 
mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy 
neighbor." 

Beware of injury to your neighbor. If you have 
wronged another, you may grieve, repent, and reso- 
lutely determine against any such weakness in future ; 
you may, so far as it is possible, make reparation. 
This is well. The injured party may forgive you, 
according to the meaning of human language, but 
the deed is done, and all the powers of Nature, were 
they to conspire in your behalf, could not make it 
undone ; the consequences to the body, the conse- 
quences to the soul, though no man may perceive 
them, are there — are written in the annals of the 
past, and must reverberate throughout all time. 

Repentance for a wrong done, bears, like every 
other act, its own fruit — the fruit of piirirying the 
heart and amending the future ; but not of effacing 
the past. 

Even the pulsations of the air, once set in motion 



PROVOST AND JUDGE. 81 

by the human voice, cease not to exist with the 
sounds to which they gave rise ; their quickly atten- 
uated force soon becomes inaudible to human ears. 
But the waves of air thus raised perambulate the 
surface of earth and ocean ; and in less than twenty 
hours every atom of its atmosphere takes up the 
altered movement, due to that infinitesimal portion 
of primitive movement, which has been conveyed to 
it through countless channels, and which must con- 
tinue to influence its path throughout its future ex- 
istence. 

The air is one vast library, on whose pages is 
forever written all that man has ever said or even 
whispered. 

There, in their mutable but uneiTing characters, 
mixed with the earliest as well as the latest signs of 
mortality, stand, forever recorded, vows unredeemed, 
promises unfulfilled. God reads that book, though 
we cannot. 

So earth, air, and ocean, are the eternal witnesses 
of the acts that we have done. Every criminal is, 
by the laws of the Almighty, irrevocably chained to 
the testimony of his crime. No more fearful punish- 
ment to a superior intelligence can be conceived, 
than to see still in action, with the consciousness 
that it must continue in action forever, a cause of 
wrong, put in motion by itself ages before. There 
is its perpetual, its inevitable punishment, which 
no repentance can alleviate, and no mercy can 
remit. 

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observed at almost every moment of a busy life: 

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EIGHTH DEGKEE. 



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ARGUMENT. 

The death of Hiram, the Chief Architect, threw the workmen 
of the Temple of King Solomon into great confusion ; and for a 
time the construction of the building was stared, for the want of 
essential plans and an expert director of the work. The period 
of mourning having expired. King Solomon, upon consultation, 
determined to appoint five Superintendents — one for each of the 
five Departments of Architecture — and under their supervision 
the building progressed- The ceremony of installing the Super- 
intendents, is in this degree exhibited, instructions given, and les- 
sons of virtue inculcated- 




INTENDANT OF THE BUILDINGS. 

THE EIGHTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 
SCOTTISI 
SERIES. 



THE APARTMENT AND ITS DECORATIONS. 

The apartment represents the middle chamber of 
King Solomon's Temple, with various symbols of truth 
and wisdom displayed. The hangings are crimson, 
with a blue canopy in the East, sprinkled with stars. 

The lights are twenty-seven in number, in groups of 
nine each — each group forming a triple triangle. 

The altar is immediately in front of the Master, on 
which are five other lights. Over the Master is sus- 
pended a blazing star, with five points, and in its centre 
the Hebrew letter J (i), thrice repeated; this star is 
surrounded by the triple interlaced triangle. 

OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. 

The Lodge consists of five members only, representing 
the five Chief Architects, who were appointed tempora- 
rily, in the place of the lamented Grand Master Hiram. 



86 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

The Master sits in the East, is termed Thrice Potent, 
and represents Adoniram, the son of Abda, President of 
the Board of Architects. 

Senior Warden, in the West, represents Joabert, a 
Phoenician, Chief Artificer in Brass. 

Junior Warden, in the South, represents Stolkin, a 
Hebrew, Chief Carpenter. 

Master of Ceremonies, in the North, represents Selec, 
the Giblemite, Chief Stone-mason. 

Captain of the Guard, in the North, represents Gareb, 
a Hebrew, Chief Worker in Silver and Gold, and En- 
graver. 

During a reception, the Thrice Potent represents 
King Solomon, and is robed and decorated as in Perfec- 
tion ; the Senior Warden represents Sadoc, the Priest, 
and is clothed in a white robe and mitre ; the Junior 
Warden represents Ahishar, Governor of the House, 
and wears a black robe and the collar and apron of the 
degree. 

The brethren sit about the Lodge in the form of a 
triangle. 

REGALIA, JEWELS, ETC. 

Apron — Triangular in shape, white, lined with crim- 
son and bordered with green ; on the area is depicted a 
five-pointed star, with the Hebrew J f>), thrice repeated, 
in the centre, and over that a balance ; on the flap is a 
triangle, with one of the following letters in each angle : 
3, & *> (the initials of the words JBen-khurim, Achar, 
and JaJcinah). 

Cordon, or Order — A broad crimson sash, worn from 
the right shoulder to the left hip ; at the point is sus- 
pended the Jewel, by a green ribbon. 



INTENDANT OF THE BUILDINGS. 



87 





Jewel — A golden triangle, similar to that described 
as on the flap of the apron. 

Steps — Five grand steps, the heels to a square. 
Age — Three times nine — equal to twenty-seven. 
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To which thy precepts lead, 

Because my chief delight has been 
Thy righteous paths to tread. 



T. \ P .'. My Brethren, to become an Intendant of 
Hie Building, it is necessary that you be skilful ar- 
chitects and learned in the knowledge of the East 
and Egypt. But it is equally necessary that yon 
should be charitable and benevolent, that you may 
sympathize with the laboring man, relieve his ne- 
cessities, see to his comforts and that of his family, 
and smooth for him and for those who depend upon 
In'm the ragged way of life, — recognizing all men as 
your brethren, and yourselves as the almoners of 
God's bounty. 



ISTEXDANT OF THE BUILDINGS. 89 

* •* # tt * 

LESSOK 

T.\ P.'. I will restore thy judges, as at the first, 
and thy councillors, as at the beginning ; for the 
light of the righteous shall be established, as the 
Lord giveth wisdom : out of his mouth cometh un- 
derstanding and knowledge. 

S.'. TV.'. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant, 
or a laboring man that is poor and needy ; on the 
day when he earns it thou shalt give him his hire, 
nor shall the sun go down upon it : for he is poor, 
and it is his life : lest he cry against thee unto the 
Lord, and God punish thee for this sin. 

J.'. TV.'. When thou beatest thine olive-trees, thou 
shalt not go over the boughs again ; it shall be 
for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow : 
when thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, 
thou shalt not glean it afterwards ; it shall be for the 
stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 

T.\ P.*. If there be among you a poor man, and 
one unable to work, of thy brethren, within any of 
thy gates, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut 
thine hand from thy poor brother, but shalt open thy 
hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient 
for his need ; for thou art but God's treasurer, to 
dispense his benefits to the poor. 

S.\ W.\ If thy brother be waxen poor, and be 
compelled to serve thee, thou shalt not rule over him 
with rigor, but shalt fear thy God. Nor shalt thou 



90 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 

discharge those whose labor is their life because thy 
profits are not large ; but thou shalt be God's almo- 
ner, for he hath but lent thee all the wealth thou 
hast and thou art but his trustee for the poor, the 
suffering, and the destitute. 



INVESTITURE. 



The battery of five, the five lights on the altar, the 
five steps, the five-pointed star, and the travel five 
times about the body of the Lodge, are all emblem- 
atical of the first five Chief Architects. 

The age is that of a Master Mas c multiplied 

by that of an Entered Apprentice 1 3 '•, representing 
that the Architects, or Intendants, were thrice pow- 
erful as Masters and Chiefs of Architecture ; hence 
the number of lights in the Lodge. 

My brother, I now with pleasure decorate you with 
a crimson cordon or order, to which is suspended by 
a green ribbon a triangular plate of gold — the Jewel 
of the degree. The crimson is emblematical of that 
zeal which should characterize you as an Intendant 
of the Building ; and the green, of the hope that you 
will honor and advance the Craft, and supply, so far 
as in you lies the power, the jDlace of our late Grand 
Master Hiram. 

I also decorate you with this triangular apron, of 



DPEENDANT OF THE BUILDINGS. 91 

white, lined with crimson and bordered with green. 
On it yon will observe the five-pointed star. 



The number five in this degree, my brother, has 
many allusions, some of which have already been ex- 
plained to yon ; it is also to remind us of the five 
points of fellowship : that we are to go on a brother's 
errand or to his relief, even barefoot and upon flinty 
ground ; to remember him" in our supplications to 
the Deity ; to clasp him to our heart and protect 
him against misfortune and slander ; to uphold him 
when about to stumble and fall ; and to give him 
prudent, honest, and friendly counsel. Such are the 
duties you are especially to observe and to teach to 
others, for they are the first ordinances of Masonry. 



HISTORY. 

G.\ Or.'. My brother, but little need be said to 
you of the history of this degree, as it is fully given 
in the reception. You have on this occasion repre- 
sented one of the five chief architects appointed by 
King Solomon to conduct the work upon the Temple, 
in the place of Hiram, the chief architect, who had 
been murdered. The king was always desirous of 
carrying to the highest state of perfection the work 
he had begun in Jerusalem, and upon the loss of the 
skilful Hiram, much concern was felt as to whether 



92 e : :z or the a. axd a. eitt. 

the original design of the structure could be com- 
pleted, and. also, as to whether the aiTangements 
that had been projected for ornamentation and deco- 
ration would not fail for want of skill and ability on 
the part of the workmen. Pending these difficulties, 
on consultation, it was reco mm ended by the High 
Priest, Sadoc, and Ahishar, Governor of the House, 
that five artificers, who had been pupils of Hiram, 
should be placed, as chiefs, over rive departments in 
the construction of the edifice, and that at least the 
bunding could proceed, until they could find a Grand 
Master Architect. 

Adonirara, the son of Abda, was selected as the 
President of the Board of Architects, the others 
being Joabert, a Phoenician, the chief artificer in 
brass : Stoikhi, a Hebrew, chief carpenter ; Selec, 
the Giblemite, chief stone-mason : and Gareb, a He- 
brew, chief worker in silver and gold, and chief en- 
graver. 

King Solomon was well aware that the zeal and 
abilities of these brethren would be exerted to the 
utmost in bringing to perfection so glorious a work. 
In like manner, we expect you to do all in your 
power to promote the grand design of Masonry, and 
to bring to perfection the works of this Lodge of In- 
tendants of the Bunding, exercising and propagating 
charity and benevolence, educating the poor orphan, 
comforting the sick and distressed, and providing 
refuge for the unfortunate. 

Tou have learned in your previous degrees that, 



INTENDAXT OF THE BUILDINGS. 93 

in order to succeed in the great work of erecting a 
temple not made with hands, and dedicated to the 
Grand Architect of the Universe, you must emulate 
the same spirit, the same fortitude and resolution 
possessed by our Grand Master Hiram — preferring 
your integrity to your life. 

You will still advance toward the light — toward 
the star blazing in the distance — which is an emblem 
of the divine truth, given by God to the first men, 
and preserved amid all the vicissitudes of ages in the 
traditions and teachings of Masonry. Here, as 
everywhere in the world, Darkness struggles with 
Light, and clouds and shadows intervene between 
you and the truth. 

You are now; my brother, a student of the moral- 
ity of Masonry, with which, we trust, you will become 
imbued, as for some time you will be exclusively oc- 
cupied in its study. Step by step you must advance 
toward perfection in the moral code of Masonry : 
each Masonic degree is meant to be one of those 
steps : each is a development of a particular duty, 
and in the present one you are taught charity and 
benevolence. With these two virtues, man can best 
prepare for that future which he hopes for. The law 
of our being is love of life — this wonderful creation 
of God — and its ^interests and adornments, love of 
the world ; not a low and sensual love, not love of 
wealth, fame, ease, power, and splendor, not low 
worldliness, but the love of earth as the garden on 
which the Creator has lavished such miracles of 



94 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

beauty — as the habitation of humanity — the dwell- 
ing-place of the wise, the good, the active, and the 
loving — the place for the exercise of the noblest pas- 
sions, the loftiest virtues, and the tenderest sympa- 
thies : this is the charity or love we would teach in 
this degree, for God himself is love, and every de- 
gree of charity that dwells in us is the participation 
of the divine nature. 



NINTH DEGREE. 



niabtgi (BUtt fit Mint, 



ARGUMENT. 

The three degrees called elect, or Elu — namely, Elect of Nine, 
Elect of Fifteen, and Sublime Knights Elected — are intimately 
and essentially connected. They are of an important and inter- 
esting nature, the first of the three being established to reward 
the fidelity and zeal of one of the favorites of the King of Israel, 
who was the first to detect and bring to justice a certain Crafts- 
man, who, pending the construction of the Temple, had been en- 
gaged in an execrable deed. 

The great purpose of the degree is to inculcate and illustrate 
this lesson : That we should be careful how we allow ourselves 
to be led away by an excess of zeal, even in a good cause, to in- 
flict, as an individual, the punishment justly due for the violation 
of human or divine laws. 




EIGHTS ELECT OF NTKK. 




KNIGHTS ELECT OF NINE. 

THE NINTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 
SCOTTISH KITE, AND SIXTH DEGREE OF THE INEFFABLE 
SERIES. 



DECORATIONS, ETC. 

The hangings are black, strewed with flames, sus- 
pended from eight columns, four on each side. There 
are nine great lights — eight forming an octagon round 
the altar, which is in the centre : the other light is 
placed half-way between the altar and the East. The 
altar is covered with black, and on it are placed the 
Book of the Testimony, two cross-swords, and a dagger. 

An urn, containing a number of white and black bal- 
lots, on the Secretary's desk. 

A room representing a cavern. 



TITLES. 

The body is styled a Chapter, and consists of nine 
members, who represent the first Nine Knights Elect. 
The officers are — 



100 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 



Thrice Potent Master, represents King Solomon ; 



Senior Inspector, 

Junior Inspector, 

Orator, 

Secretary, 

Treasurer, 

Hospitaller, 

Master of Ceremonies, 
Captain of the Guard, 



King Hiram ; 

Adoniram ; 

Zabud ; 

Sadoc ; 

Josaphat ; " 

Ahisar ; 

j The Stranger Pharos, 

( a poor herdsman ; 

Banacas. 



CLOTHING. 

Apron — "White, lined and bordered with black, 
sprinkled with blood ; in the centre a bloody head held 
by the hair ; on the flap, an arm holding a dagger. 





Sash — A broad black watered ribbon, worn from the 
right shoulder to the left hip ; at the lower end nine 



KNIGHTS ELECT OF NINE. 101 

red rosettes, four on each side, and one at the bottom, 
from which pendent the 

Jewel — A dagger, hilt of gold and blade of silver. 

During a reception the Thrice Potent and Senior In- 
spector wear Royal robes, with crown and sceptre ; the 
Secretary wears robes and mitre of the High Priest. 

The Junior Inspector and other officers, robed in black 
with cowles, and the apron, sash, and jewel of this de- 
gree, sit * * * during the working of the degree, 
with right elbow on the knee and head on the right 
hand, as if fatigued. 

Stranger clothed as a shepherd. 

Battery — • ••••••• — • 

The lights are not lighted until the Chapter is opened. 

Hour — First hour of night. 

Age — Eight and one. 



OPENING. 



Q. "What are we taught as a Knight Elect of 
Nine? 

A. That we should be careful how we suffer our- 
selves to be led away by an excess of zeal, even in a 
good cause, to exercise as individuals the vengeance 
due for the violation of divine and human laws. 

Q. What further does the degree illustrate ? 

A. The overthrow of ignorance by freedom. 



102 



BOOK OF THE A. AXD A. RITE. 



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EECEPTIOjS 1 



Mj brother, I now designate and present to yon 
the jewel of this degree. It is the avenging blade, 
which will be sure to find the perjured and guilty 
traitor. 

I invest you with the other symbols of this degree. 
* * * This apron and sash denote the melan- 
choly death of our Grand Master H.\ A.*. The 
bloody arm and red roses, the instrument and the 
blood shed by the eight and one knights to atone 
for his death. 



Tou will now go and salute the Grand Inspector, 
and then repair to the Grand Orator for the history 
of this degree. 



KNIGHTS ELECT OF NINE. 103 

HISTORY. 

G.'. 0.'. After the death of the Grand Master, the 
assassins having made their escape, a great assem- 
bly of Masons was convened by King Solomon, to 
consult as to the best means of discovering and ap- 
prehending them. Their deliberations were inter- 
rupted by the entrance of a herdsman, who de- 
manded to speak to the king. On being admitted to 
an interview, he acquainted King Solomon that he 
had discovered persons concealed in a cave near the 
coast of Joppa, answering the description given of 
the traitors ; and he offered to conduct those whom 
the king should select to the place of their conceal- 
ment. This being communicated to the Masters, 
they one and all eagerly requested to be made par- 
ticipators in the vengeance due the assassins. Solo- 
mon checked their ardor, declaring that only nine 
should undertake the task ; and to avoid giving any 
offence, ordered a selection of nine of the brethren 
by lot, to accompany the stranger. At the first hour 
of the night, the favorite of King S.\ and eight 
others, conducted by the stranger, travelled onward 
through a rough and dreary country toward the 
coast of Joppa. On the way, the most ardent of the 
nine, learning that the murderers were hidden in a 
cavern not far from where they then were, pressed 
on ahead, found the cavern, entered it with the shep- 
herd, where, by the dim light of the lamp, he discov- 
ered one of the assassins asleep, with a dagger at his 



104 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

feet. Inflamed at the sight, and actuated by an im- 
patient zeal, he immediately seized the dagger and 
stabbed him, first in the head and then in the heart. 
The assassin had only time to say "Necum" [pro- 
nounced nay-coom], or "vengeance is taken," and 
expired. The avenger then quenched his thirst at 
the fountain. "When the eight arrived at the spot, 
they asked him what he had done. He replied, " I 
have slain the assassin of our Grand Master, and 
have performed a feat for the honor and glory of the 
Craft, for which I hope to be rewarded." He then 
severed the head from the body, and taking it in one 
hand and his dagger in' the other, with the eight re- 
turned to Jerusalem. In his zeal, however, he hast- 
ened into the presence of the king, passing the 
guards at the entrance. Solomon was at first very- 
much offended that it had been put out of his power 
to take vengeance in the presence of, and as a warn- 
ing to, the rest of the workmen, and ordered the 
guards to put his favorite to death ; but by the inter- 
cession of his brethren he was pardoned for his zeal, 
and they became reconciled. Solomon established 
the grade of Knights Elect of Nine, and conferred it 
upon the nine companions. 



TENTH DEGEEE. 



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ARGUMENT. 

This degree is a continuation of the series known as the Elu, 
or Elect degrees, and recounts in detail the mode of the arrest and 
punishment of the remaining assassins ; and reminds us that the 
unerring eye of Justice will discover the guilty, and they suffer 
the punishment their crimes deserve. It is intended, morally, to 
instruct us that ambition and fanaticism, enslavers of mankind, 
are overthrown and dispelled by the sword of justice and freedom. 




KNIGHTS ELECT OF FIFTEEN. 



THE TENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 
SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE SEVENTH DEGREE OF THE 
INEFFABLE SERIES. 



THE CHAPTER— ITS DECORATIONS, ETC. 

The hangings are black, sprinkled with red and white 
tears. 

There are fifteen lights, five in the East, and five be- 
fore each Warden — four forming a square and one in 
the centre — all of yellow wax. 

The altar may be covered with black, strewed with 
silver tears. 

On the altar the Great Lights, Book of Constitutions, 
two crossed-swords, and two daggers. 

OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. 

The Thrice Potent Grand Master, who represents 
King Solomon. 

The Senior Grand Warden represents King Hiram, 
and sits on his right. 



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108 BOOK OP THE A. AND A. BITE. 

The Junior Grand "Warden, in the "West, represents 
Adoniram, the son of Abda. 

The Orator represents Zabud, the king's friend. 

The Secretary represents Sadoc, the Priest. 

The Treasurer represents Josaphat, the son of Ahilud, 
the Chancellor. 

The Hospitaller represents Ahishar, Governor of the 
House. 

The Captain of the Guard represents Zerbal. 

Ths Master of Ceremonies represents the stranger 
who gave information of the place of concealment of 
the assassins. 

The number of members is regularly fifteen, and no 
more. 

OKNAMENTS AND JEWELS. 





The apron is white, lined, edged and fringed with 
black, and the flap black. 

In the middle are painted or embroidered three gates, 
and over each gate a head impaled on a spike. 

The sash is a black ribbon or sash, worn from right 
to left, on the front of which are painted or embroidered 
three heads. 



KNIGHTS ELECT OF FIFTEEN. 109 

The jewel is a dagger, its hilt gold and its blade sil- 
ver, hanging at the end of the sash. 

During a reception the officers are dressed as in the* 
ninth degree. 

The age 5 times 3, or 15 years. 

The hour for opening is the sixth hour of the night ; 
the hour for closing is the sixth hour of the day. 

Battery — •••••-•••••-••••• 



OPENING. 

The fifteen lights are not burning. 



Q. What is the cause to which the Illustrious Elu 
of the Fifteen are now devoted ? 

A. That of the oppressed against the oppressor, 
and of Toleration against Intolerance. 

Q. When did the fifteen Elus depart from Jerusa- 
lem? 

A. On the 15th day of the month Tammuz. 

Q. When did they arrive at Gath ? 

A. On the 18th day of the same month. 

Q. What is your age ? 

A. 5 times 3, or 15 years, complete. 

Q. What is the hour ? 

A. The sixth hour of the night. 



110 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 

Cause, then, the brethren to assemble around the 
altar, that, renewing our pledges to one another, we 
may open this Chapter of Illustrious Elus of the Fif- 
teen. 

Brethren, you will please assemble around the 
altar, that this Chapter may be opened in due and 
ancient form. 



G.\ Or.'. To the cause of every people that strug- 
gle against oppression ! 

J:. G:. W:. To the cause of all who defend Eight 
and Justice against Tyranny ! 

B:. G:. W:. To the cause of Toleration against 
Intolerance and Persecution ! 

T:. P.\ To the cause of Free Thought, Free 
Speech, Free Conscience ! 

All. "We devote ourselves, our hands, our hearts, 
our intellects ! 

T:. P.'. Now, henceforward, and forever ! 

All. Amen ! 

# # # # # 

T.\ P.\ As these lights shine in this Chapter, so 
shall the light of freedom illuminate the world. 

S.\ G.\ W:. As my lights shine in this Chapter, 
so shall the light of religious and political toleration 
rise upon the world. 



KNIGHTS ELECT OF FIFTEEN. Ill 

J:. G.'. W:. As my lights shine in this Chapter, 
so shall the light of education and intelligence yet 
shine in all the corners of the earth. 

T.\ P.\ So mote it be ! My brethren, this Chap- 
ter is duly opened in due and ancient form. 



EECEPTIOS", 



The demands of justice remain unsatisfied. Ex- 
cellent Grand Orator, what saith the law as to him 
who slayeth his brother ? 

If any man hate his neighbor, and He in wait for 
him, and rise up against him and smite him mortally, 
that he die, and fleeth into one of the cities of refuge, 
then the Elders of his city shall send and fetch him 
thence, and deliver him into the hand of the Avenger 
of Blood, that he may die. Thine eye shall not pity 
him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent 
blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 



112 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 



Such is the law ; and the land of Israel is not jet 
purified of the innocent blood of our brother shed 
upon the floor of the Temple. One of his assassins 
has suffered swift punishment, but two remain at 
large, nor have jet been traced from their retreat in 
the mountains of Joppa. I fear thej have escaped 
bj sea, and are bejond our. reach. 

Most Potent King, doubt not that the Lord will at 
length give the two assassins into thj hand. 



T.\ P.'. I therefore declare jou to be dulj invest- 
ed with the rank and dignit j of Illustrious Elu of the 
Fifteen, which degree I declare to be devoted now 
and alwajs hereafter to Libert j and Toleration ; and 
I invest jou with its collar, apron, and jewel, which 
need no explanation. 






HISTORY. 

G.\ 0.\ About six months, it is said, after the ex- 
ecution of the assassin, as detailed in the degree of 
Knights Elect of the Nine, Bengaber, an intendant 



KNIGHTS ELECT OF FIFTEEN. 113 

of King Solomon, in the country of Gath, which was 
tributary to him, caused diligent inquiry to be made 
if any person had lately taken shelter in that region 
who might be supposed to haye fled from Jerusalem : 
he published at the same time an accurate descrip- 
tion of the traitors who had made their escape. 
Shortly afterward he received information that per- 
sons' answering the description had lately arrived 
there, and, belieying themselves to be perfectly se-- 
cure, had begun to work in the quarry of Ben-Dekar. 

As soon as Solomon was made acquainted with 
this circumstance, he wrote to Maaka, King of Gath, 
to assist in apprehending them, and to cause them to 
be delivered to persons he should appoint to secure 
them, and have them brought to Jerusalem to receive 
the punishment due to their crimes. 

Solomon then selected fifteen Masters in whom he 
could place the greatest confidence, and among whom 
were those nine who had been in the cavern, and 
sent them with an escort of troops in quest of the 
villains. Five days were spent in the search, when 
Zerbal, who bore King Solomon's letter to King 
Maaka, with Stolkin and another of his companions, 
discovered them cutting stone in the quarry. They 
immediately seized them, and, binding them in 
chains, conducted them to Jerusalem. On their ar- 
rival they were imprisoned in the tower of Achizar, 
and the next morning received the punishment which 
their crimes deserved. 

This degree, my brethren, as you learned by your 



114 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

reception and obligation, is devoted to the same ob- 
jects as those of the Ehi of the Nine ; and also to 
the cause of the oppressed against the oppressor, 
and of toleration against intolerance ; that is, to the 
cause of human freedom, corporal and mental, against 
tyranny exercised oyer the soul or body. 

The assassins of Hiram Abif, whose capture and 
execution are recounted in this degree, are the sym- 
bols of those special enemies of freedom of the body 
and the soul — Ambition, of which tyranny or despot- 
ism is born ; and Fanaticism, from which springs 
intolerance and persecution. To the objects of this 
degree you have irrevocably consecrated yourself, 
and whenever in your presence a Chapter of this de- 
gree is opened, you will be most impressively remind- 
ed of your solemn vows here taken at our altar. 



ELEVENTH DEGKEE. 



uMimc tRttiafct* 



ARGUMENT. 

This, the third of trie Elu or Elect Degrees, was intended to 
emblematically illustrate the reward conferred by King Solomon 
upon twelve of the Knights Elect of Fifteen who were instru- 
mental in bringing to justice the assassins of the Master Builder 
Hiram, constituting them Governors over the twelve tribes of 
Israel, — instructing us that the true and faithful Brother will 
sooner or later receive his just reward, and morally teaching us 
to be earnest, honest, and sincere, and to protect the people 
against illegal impositions and exactions. 




SUBLIME KNIGHTS ELECTED. 



THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 
SCOTTISH EITE, AND THE EIGHTH OF THE INEFFABLE 
SERIES. 



THE LODGE— ITS DECORATIONS, ETC. 

This Lodge is also called a Chapter, and is decorated 
like that of the Tenth degree, with the same hangings. 

It is lighted, however, by 12 lights, by threes, in the 
East, West, North, and South — each three forming an 
equilateral triangle. 

OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. 

Same as in the Tenth degree. 

The Chapter regularly consists of twelve members 
only. 

CLOTHING, ORNAMENTS, AND JEWELS. 

The apron is white, lined, edged and fringed with 
black, and the flap black. In the middle of the apron 
is painted or embroidered a flaming heart. 



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The cordon is a black ribbon, worn from right to left. 
Orer the heart is painted or embroidered npon it a 
flaming heart ; and over that, the words Vtncere end 

The altar is uncovered, and snpports the fonr great 
lights, cross-swords, and two daggers. Points of 
swords, when on an altar, should always be from the 
East. 

The jewel is a dagger, worn suspended :: the sash. 

The age is 12 years. 

Battery — o ooeosoeetoe 




SUBLIME KNIGHTS ELECTED. 119 

OPENING. 



Q. What is your name ? 

A. Erneth. 

Q. What does it signify ? 

A. A true man — just, fair, sincere, faithful, fearing 
God. 

Q. Where were you received a Prince Emeth, or 
Elu of the Twelve ? 

A. In a place representing the audience-chamber 
of King Solomon. 

Q. How many compose a Chapter of Sublime Elu 
of the Twelve ? 

A. Twelve or more. 

•Js 5jC 5|» 5jS 5|C 

2V. P.*. What does it signify? 

A. That my faith cannot be shaken, and my confi- 
dence is in God. 

Q. What are the characteristics of an Elu of the 
Twelve ? 

A. He is frank, fair, sincere, straightforward, relia- 
ble, honest, and upright, and thus is Emeth, a true 
man. 

Who were the first Elus of the Twelve ? 

A. Those whom King Solomon made Princes and 
Governors in Israel. 



120 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

G:. Or:. That the people among whom we live 
may be protected against illegal impositions. 

J:. G:. W:. That they may be secured in the en- 
joyment of their political and social rights. 

S:. G:. W:. That the burdens of the government 
may be equally apportioned. 

AH. We are and will forever remain united. 

G:. Or:. "We will be true unto all men. 

J:. G:. W:. "We will be frank, honest, and sincere 
in all things. 

S:. G:. W:. "We will be earnest in doing that 
which it may be our duty to do. 

T:. P:. No man shall repent that he has relied 
upon our word. 

AU. And to this we pledge ourselves as Masons 
and as true men. 



EECEPTIOH". 




Justice will surely overtake the guilty, and the 
offence be unerringly followed by its consequences. 



SUBLIME KNIGHTS ELECTED. 121 

Freedom of the State can only be attained and per- 
petuated by instructing the people, by following ig- 
norance into its darkest dens, and there smiting it 
mortally, -without mercy. My brethren, the affairs 
of the living, too long neglected in our sorrow for the 
dead and our pursuit of the assassins, now demand 
our attention. Many complaints have accumulated, 
and much wrong and oppression is charged to exist. 




I will create twelve of the fifteen Knight Elus to 
be Governors in Israel, with the title of Princes 
Emeth, giving them in charge the collection of the 
revenues of my realm, and supreme control, each 
in his province, as my vicegerents and immediate 
representatives. They shall, also, when assembled, 
constitute a Chapter, and a new degree in Masonry 
be thus created, called the Sublime Elu of the 
Twelve. And, in order that no one may be offended 
or mortified, let the twelve be selected by lot. 



My brethren, are you veiling to take upon your- 
selves the duties of Governors in Israel and chiefs 
6 



122 BOOK or THE A. AND A. EITE. 

over the tribute, with the resolution to discharge 
those duties faithfully and impartially ? 

\Viil you promise to deal honestly and fairly by all 
men — to know no distinctions of persons — and to see 
that none are subjected to exaction, extortion, or un- 
just impositions of burdens ? 



T:. P.'. I invest you, my brother, with the apron, 
collar, and jewel of this degree ; remember that you 
wear them as the successor and representative of a 
Sublime Elu or Prince Emeth of the Court of King 
Solomon ; and that your conduct and conversation 
must be such as becomes one invested with so high 
an honor. The flaming hearts are symbols of that 
zeal and devotedness that ought to an im ate you, and 
the motto is your pledge that you will rather die 
than betray the cause of the people, or be overcome 
through yoru own fear or fault. 

HISTORY. 

G.'. Or.'. The history of this degree is brief. 
After pimishment had been inflicted on the mur- 
derers mentioned in the preceding degrees, King 
Solomon instituted this degree, both as a recom- 
pense for the zeal and constancy of the Elus of the 
Fifteen, who had assisted him to discover them, and 
also to enable him to elevate other deserving breth- 
ren from the lower degrees to those of places in the 



SUBLIME KNIGHTS ELECTED. 123 

higher, which had been vacated by their promotion. 
Twelve of these fifteen he elected Sublime Knights, 
and made the selection by ballot, that he might give 
none offence, putting the names of the whole in an 
urn. The first twelve that were drawn he formed 
into a Chapter, and gave them command over the 
twelve tribes. He gave them the name of Emeth, 
which is a Hebrew word signifying a true man. He 
exhibited to them the precious things which were de- 
posited in the tabernacle. These, my brother, are 
the chief objects delineated on our tracing-board, 
and these you should make the constant subject of 
your reflections. These last three degrees consti- 
tute what are called the "Elu degrees" of the 
Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite. They elucidate 
a particular part of the legendary history of Freema- 
sonry, and constitute a peculiar system which is 
necessarily contained in every rite. In the York 
rite the Elus are combined into one, and form a part 
of the third degree. In the French rite they consti- 
tute a separate degree, called " Elu," and forming 
the fourth degree of that rite. In some of the other 
systems of Masonry the Elus have been divided into 
numerous degrees, but their purport is always the 
same — to give details of the detection and punish- 
ment, by chosen or elected brethren, of those mur- 
derers who first stained the escutcheon of Freema- 
sonry by an atrocious crime. 



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CLOSING. 



T.\ P.\ Brother Senior Grand "Warden, what is 
the hour *? 

S.: G.\ W.\ The twelfth hour of the day, Thrice 
Potent. 

T:. P.'. Then it is time to close this Chapter of 
Sublime Elu of the Twelve. Cause the brethren to 
assemble around the altar, that, renewing our pledges 
to each other, we may close in due and ancient form. 

S.\ G:. TV.'. Brethren, you will please assemble 
around the altar, and assist the Thrice Potent Grand 
Master to close this Chapter in due and ancient form. 




TWELFTH DEGEEE. 



iUtt 



ARGUMENT. 

The degree of Grand Master Architect is alleged to have been 
established as a school of instruction for the more advanced 
workmen of the Temple, to assure uniformity in work, vigor in 
its prosecution, and to reward those more eminent in science and 
skill. The degree partakes of a scientific nature, in which the 
rules of architecture and the connection of the liberal arts with 
Masonry are dwelt upon, and portions of the Fellow Craft or 
Companion degree are amplified and extensively illustrated. 
This grade requires of the neophyte that he be thoroughly quali- 
fied, intellectually and morally, to be admitted, and instructs 
him that virtue is as necessary as talents to every Grand Master 
Architect 



GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 

THE TWELFTH GEADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED 
SCOTTIS] 
SEKIES. 




THE CHAPTER— ITS DECORATION'S, ETC. 

Bodies of this degree are styled Chapters. 

The hangings are white, strewed with crimson flames. 

Behind the Master, in the East, are five columns, 
each of a different order of architecture : Tuscan, Doric, 
Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. 

In the North is painted the North Star, and a little 



128 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

below it the seven stars of the Great Bear. In the 
East, behind the columns, is a luminous star, represent- 
ing Jupiter rising in the East as the morning star. 

Upon the altar, which is in the centre of the room 
md covered with a black cloth with tears, are the Great 
Lights, Book of the Constitutions, and on it, all the con- 
tents of a case of mathematical instruments. 

The Chapter is lighted by three great lights, one in 
the East, one in the West, and one in the South. 

Over the columns, in the East, hangs a triangle, en- 
closing the word ''JH^ 



OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. 
The same as in the three preceding degrees. 

CLOTHING, ORNAMENTS, JEWEL, ETC. 





The apron is white, lined and bordered with blue, 
and fringed with gold. On it are painted or embroi- 
dered a protractor on the flap, and in the middle a plain 
scale, a sector, and the compasses, so arranged as to 



form a triangle, 



GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 



129 



The cordon is a broad blue watered ribbon, worn 
from the left shoulder to the right hip. 

The jewel is a triangle of gold : on each angle, on 
one side, is a star enclosed by a semicircle. In the 
centre, on the same side, is an equilateral triangle, 
formed by arcs of circles, in the centre of which is the 
letter ^ On the reverse side are five columns, of the 
different orders of architecture, with the initial letter of 



the proper order below each, in old English letters, ar- 
ranged from left to right, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corin- 
thian, and Composite. Above these columns are a sec- 
tor and a slide-rule; below them, the three kinds of 
compasses, the plain scale, and parallel ruler ; and be- 
tween the second and third, and third and fourth col- 
umns, are the letters *) 3 (R.\ B.\) 

In front of each brother is a small table, and on it a 
case of instruments, with paper and other articles for 
drafting. 

The age of a Grand Master Architect is the equal c of 
3x5, or 45 years. 

Battery — • •••• — •• 
6* 



130 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 



OPENING. 

In the Opening, the following explanations of the in* 
struments of a Grand Master Architect are given : 

Q. What are the instruments of a Grand Master 
Architect ? 

A. The different compasses, the parallel ruler, the 
protractor, the plain scale, the sector and the slide- 
rule. 

Q. "What lesson do the different compasses teach 
us? 

A. That life and time constitute but a point in the 
centre of eternity ; while the circle of God's attributes 
is infinity. 

Q. What lesson does the parallel ruler teach us ? 

A. That we should be consistent, firm, unwavering, 
and of that equanimity of mind and temper which 
befits a Mason. 

Q. What lesson does the protractor teach us ? 

A. That we should be upright and sincere, frank 
in all our dealings, moderate in our professions, and 
exact and punctual in performance. 

Q. What lesson does the plain scale teach us ? 

A. That we live not only for ourselves, but for 
others, so as in just and proper measure to serve our- 
selves, our families, our friends, our neighbors, and 
our country. 

Q. What lesson does the sector teach us ? 



GRAND MASTEE ARCHITECT. 131 

A. That we should multiply our good deeds, di- 
vide that which we can spare of our substance among 
those who need it more than we, and extract the 
good that is intended to benefit and bless us from the 
reverses and calamities of life. 

Q. "What lesson does the slide-rule teach us ? 

A. That we should strive to grasp and solve the 
great problem presented by the Universe and in- 
volved in our existence ; to know and understand the 
lofty truths of Philosophy, and to communicate 
freely of our knowledge unto others. 

Q. Where were you received and made a Grand 
Master Architect ? 

A. In a place representing the Chamber of De- 
signs, assigned to the Master Khurtim in King Solo- 
mon's Temple. 

EECEPTIOK 



J.\ G.'. W:. A wise man will hear and increase in 
learning, and a man of understanding will attain unto 
wise counsels ; to understand a proverb, and the in- 
terpretation ; the word of the sages and their obscure 
sayings. 

J.\ 6r.\ W:. Wisdom preventeth them that covet 
her, so that she first showeth herself unto them. He 
that awaketh to seek her shall not labor ; for he shall 
find her sitting at his door. The Lord giveth wis- 



132 BOOK OF THE A. AST) A. PJTE. 

doin ; out of his month come knowledge and under- 
standing. 

J.'. &.'. TV.'. TYhen wisdom entereth into thine 
heart, and knowledge is pleasant nnto thy soul, dis- 
cretion shall preserve thee, and understanding shall 
keep thee, and thou shalt understand righteousness, 
judgment, equity, and every good path. 



S.'. G.'. TV.'. I wished, and understanding was 
given me ; and I called upon God, and the spirit of 

wisdom came upon me, and I preferred her before 
kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing 
in comparison to her. The Lord by wisdom hath 
founded the earth ; by understanding hath he estab- 
lished the heavens. 

flL\ G:. TV.-. Get wisdom! Exalt her, and she 
shall promote thee ; she shall bring thee to honor, 
when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thy 
head an ornament of grace ; a crown of glory shall 
she deliver to thee. 



T.\ P.'. Xo evil can overcome wisdom. She glo- 
rineth her nobility by being conversant with God, 
and the Lord of all things loveth her. For it is she 
that teacheth knowledge of God and is the expound- 
er of his works. 

T.\ P.\ She knoweth tilings past, and judgeth 
things to come. She knoweth the subtleties of 



GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 133 

speeches, and the solutions of arguments ; she know- 
eth signs and wonders before they be done, and the 
events of times and ages. By means of her we shall 
have immortality. 



LECTURE. 

It is the true Masonic Light. He who obeys the 
Masonic law shall find it. The degree which you 
seek was first conferred upon Adoniram, the son of 
Abda, when he was appointed Chief Architect of the 
Temple, and as such the successor of the Master 
Khurum, after having been for a time the chief of 
the five Intendants of the Building, and after his 
skill and science as an architect had been thoroughly 
tested, and he found to be superior to the other four 
Intendants. It was but the ceremony of his investi- 
ture with that office. Afterward it became an hono- 
rary degree, conferred first upon the other Intend- 
ants, and then upon the Elus, as a mark of honor 
and distinction. As he advanced, the ancient Free- 
mason-ceased to work with the instruments of the 
laborer, the square, the level, the plumb, and the 
trowel, and assumed those of the Architect and Geo- 
metrician. As he advanced, also, he passed from 
that branch of geometry and mathematics which 
occupies itself with the earth, its surface and the 
things that belong to it, with right lines and angles, 



134 BOOK OP THE A. AND A. EITE. 

and all the figures formed thereby, to the mathemat- 
ics of the heavens and the spheres. We no longer 
occupy ourselves' -with geometry and mathematics as 
sciences, nor expect of our initiate a knowledge of 
their problems, or even of their terms. To us the 
instruments of the geometrician, and all the figures, 
plane and spherical, drawn by these instruments, 
have a symbolical meaning. By means of the moral- 
ity of Masonry, we advance toward its philosophy, 
and every degree is a step in that direction. If you 
would succeed to the rank held by Adoniram, you 
must assume the obligation which it imposes. 



INVESTMENT. 

T.\ P.*. I invest you with the apron, collar, and 
jewel of this degree. Their colors, white and blue, 
will remind you of what is commonly called symbolic 
Masonry, or the Blue degrees, — the foundation, but 
not the completion and perfection of Masonry. 
Upon the apron and jewel you see the five orders of 
Architecture, and the instruments of a Grand Master 
Architect ; the symbolic meaning of which you have 
yet to learn. I now present you with the instruments 
with which a Grand Master Architect works. Listen, 
and you shall learn their uses, and of what they are 
the symbols to us in this degree. 



GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 135 

T.\ P.*. Such are the instruments of a Grand 
Master Architect, and such the lessons which they 
teach us. Forget not that you have solemnly sworn 
to practise all the virtues which they symbolically 
teach ; for thus only can you deserve, how proudly 
soever you may wear the title of a Grand Master 
Architect. 

HISTOKY. 

The history of this degree is brief, as its ceremo- 
nies are simple. After the murderers of the Master 
Khiiruni Abai had been discovered, apprehended, 
tried, and punished, his monument and mausoleum 
completed, and the matters which concerned the 
revenue of the realm provided for, King Solomon, to 
assure uniformity of work and vigor in its prosecu- 
tion, and to reward the superior and eminent science 
and skill of Adoniram, the son of Abda, appointed 
him to be chief Architect of the Temple, with the 
title of Grand Master Architect, and invested him 
with that office, as sole successor and representative 
of the deceased Master Khuriim Abai, and at the 
same time made him Grand Master of Masons and 
the Masonic peer of himself and King Khiirum of 
Tsiir. Afterward the title was conferred upon other 
Princes of the Jewish court as an honorarium, and 
thus the degree became established. You have 
heard what are the lessons taught by the working 
instruments of a Grand Master Architect, and I shall 
not now enlarge upon those lessons. The great du- 



136 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

ties which they inculcate demand much pf us, and 
take for granted our capacity to perform them fully. 
"We hope that we are not mistaken in believing that 
you possess that capacity, and in expecting that you 
will be always found equal to the task which you 
have thus imposed upon yourself. 



CLOSING. 



S.\ G.'. W.\ The sun has set, and the evening 
star has risen. 

T:. P.\ The hour of rest has arrived. Give notice 
to the Grand Masters that this Chapter of Grand 
Master Architects is about to be closed, that they 
may aid in so doing. 

S.\ G.'. W.\ Brethren in the North, the Thrice 
Potent Grand Master is about to close this Chapter 
of Grand Master Architects, and desires your assist- 
ance, since the hour of rest has arrived. 



THIRTEENTH DEGEEE. 



§0pf &xtb of tonvtb. 



ARGUMENT. 

This degree, in fact, forms the climax of Ineffable Masonry ; it 
is the keystone of the arch, and discovers that which is revealed 
in the succeeding degree of Perfection. It is a most important 
and interesting grade, and so intimately connected with its suc- 
cessor as to appear like a section of that degree. 

The shaded beauties of the sacred words that have been hith- 
erto revealed, and the lessons and virtues that have so gradually 
been inculcated, in this degree receive a climax, and culminate in 
the development of the great mystery of Ineffable Masonry. 

• Tie dark clouds and mists that have hitherto veiled the sa- 
cred mysteries now begin to be dispelled : the glorious dawn illu- 
mines the E.\ with its bright effulgence, and its rays penetrate 
into dark and hidden places." 




ROYAL ARCH OF ENOCH ; 

OR, 

KNIGHTS OF THE NINTH AECH. 

THE THIRTEENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND AC- 
- CEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE TENTH DEGREE OP 
THE INEFFABLE SERIES. 





DECORATIONS. 

This Chapter of Royal Arch of Solomon represents 
the audience-chamber of Kins: Solomon. The hang- 
ings are alternately red and white. 

Lights — Three in the East, three in the West, and 
three in the South. 

OFFICERS. 

King Solomon is seated in the East. 
Hiram, King of Tyre, is also in the East, on the left 
ofK\ S.\ 



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BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 



Senior Warden represents Gibulum, and is seated in 
the West. 

Junior Warden represents Stolkin, and is seated in 
the South. 

Treasurer (who represents Joabert), Secretary, Master 
of Ceremonies, Captain of the Guard, and other officers, 
3tationed as in a Lodge of Perfection. 

All Officers and Companions, except the Kings, 
clothed in black, with apron, collar, and jewel of this 
degree or of their particular office. 

King Solomon wears a yellow robe, purple chasuble, 
lined with blue, sleeves reaching to the elbows, and rich 
purple sash, with jewel. 

King Hiram of Tyre wears a purple robe, yellow 
chasuble, and rich purple sash, with jewel. 

Apron — Purple silk or velvet, bordered with white ; 
in the centre of the area, the Enochian delta, with rays. 




Collar — Purple silk or velvet, and suspended to it the 
Jewel — A gold triangle, on which is engraved the 
delta of Enoch, with rays. On the obverse side of the 
jewel is a representation of the first three recipients of 
this degree, two of them lowering the third into the 
subterranean vault. Around this device, the initials of 



KOYAL ARCH OF ENOCH. 



141 



the words « Regnante Sapientissimo Salamone, Gibu- 
turn, Joabert, et Stolkin inveneruntpretiosissimum Artifi^ 
cum thesaurum subter ruinas Enoch, Anno Mundi 
2995." 

Age — 7 times 9 = 63. 

Battery—* ©«-»« # _ ##e 

There should be a separate apartment, without appa- 
rent door or window;' opening overhead, covered with 
a trap-door, representing a flat stone with an iron rin<? 
to it. 5 




OPENING. 



T.\ P.: The Lord is great in Zion. Let all the 
earth .praise him for his great and terrible name, for 
it is holy. 

B.\ W.\ Exalt the Lord our God, and worship on 
his holy hill. 



142 BOOK OF THE A- AND A. RITE. 

J.'. W:. He spake from the cloudy pillar and from 
the fire ; and from the depth cometh forth the riches 
of secret places. 

T.\ P.\ Exalt the Lord our God, for he is holy ; 
and his name, for it is from everlasting to everlast- 
ing. 

S.\ W:. What is man, that he should magnify 
him, or that he should set his heart upon him ? 

J.'. W:. We are but of yesterday, and know 
nothing. Our days are but a shadow : they flee, 
and we know hot. 

T.\ P.'. Canst thou, by searching, find out God ? 
Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection ? He 
is as high as heaven. What canst thou do ? He is 
deeper than hell. What canst thou know ? 

8.'. W:. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and 
he seeth all his doings. 

J:. W:. O God, let thy work appear unto thy 
servants, and thy glory unto the children of men ! 

T.\ P.'. Let the beauty of the Lord be upon us, 
and establish thou the work of our hands : O Je- 
hovah, establish thou it ! 

8.'. W:. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I 
live ; I will sing praises unto my God while I have 
my being. 

J:. TV.'. My meditations of him shall be sweet ; I 
will be glad in the Lord. 

T»\ P.'. Mark the perfect man, and behold the 
upright : for the end of that man is peace. " Mine 
eyes shall be on the perfect man," saith the Lord. 






ROYAL AECH OF ENOCH. 143 

" The perfect of tlie land shall dwell with me : they 
shall walk in my name, and serve me forever." Com- 
panions, let us give thanks unto the Lord, who hath 
given us the treasures of darkness and the hidden 
riches of secret places. 



PRAYER. 

O thou great and eternal Lord God, source of 
light and of love — thou Sovereign Inspector and 
Mighty Architect of the wonders of Creation — who 
from thy throne in the highest heaven in mercy 
looketh down upon all the dwellers of the earth — 
lend, we beseech thee, thine ears to the prayers and 
petitions of thy unworthy servants now assembled in 
thy presence, to teach the mysteries of that Sublime 
Edifice which is erected and dedicated to thy Most 
Holy and Glorious Name. Pour upon us, and all 
the members of the Mystic Craft throughout the 
two hemispheres, the rich blessings of thy Provi- 
dence. Give us strength to overcome temptations, 
to subdue our passions, and to practise virtue. Fill 
our hearts with fear without desolation ; with confi- 
dence without presumption ; with piety without illu- 
sion ; and with joy without licentiousness. Fill our 
hearts with tender affections for thy divine goodness, 
and love for our neighbors : make us faithful to our 
friends and charitable to our enemies. Dispose our 
hearts, O thou God Eternal ! to receive the splendid 



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BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 



impressions of Eeligion and Humanity ; our minds, 
the great lights of Science ; and direct our footsteps 
in the bright paths of virtue. 

Let all our actions prove to an admiring world 
that our lives are sincerely dedicated to Thee, our 
God, and to the relief of our fellow-creatures. And 
finally, when we yield up our breath to Thee, the 
Source of Life, may we, bearing the rich harvest of 
good actions, be admitted into that Sublime and 
Eternal Lodge where happiness reigns without alloy, 
and where, around the throne of the Great Jehovah, 
we shall sing hallelujahs to his name. 

Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, 
the only Wise God, be the kingdom, power, and 
glory, forever and ever. Amen ! 

Omnes. God grant it so may be ! 







beoeptio:n\ 



I shall now invest you with the apron, collar, and 
jewel of a Knight of the Ninth or Royal Arch. 

The color of your apron and collar is purple, and 



ROYAL ARCH OP ENOCH. 145 

denotes the royal origin of the degree and the dig- 
nity of yonr station. 

The jewel alludes to the delta or golden plate 
found in the subterranean arch, a more full descrip- 
tion of which will be obtained by attending to the 
history and lecture of the degree. 

HISTORY. 

G.\ Or. Companions : this is the history and le- 
gend of this degree. Enoch, the son of Jared, was 
the sixth in descent from Adam. Filled with the 
love and fear of God, he strove to lead men in the 
way of honor and duty. In a vision the Deity ap- 
peared to him in visible shape, and said to him, 
" Enoch, thou hast longed to know my true name : 
arise and follow me, and thou shalt know it." 



Enoch, accepting his vision as an inspiration, jour- 
neyed in search of the mountain he had seen in his 
dream, until, weary of the search, he stopped in the 
land of Canaan, then already populous with the de- 
scendants of Adam, and there employed workmen ; 
and with the help of his son Methuselah, he exca- 
vated nine apartments, one above the other, and 
each roofed with an arch, as he had seen in his 
dream, the lowest being hewn out of the solid rock. 
In the crown of each arch he left a narrow aperture, 
closed with a square stone, and over the upper one 

7 



146 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

lie built a modest temple, roofless and of huge un- 
hewn stones, to the Grand Architect of the Universe. 
Upon a triangular plate of gold, inlaid with many 
precious gems, he engraved the ineffable name of 
God, and sank the plate into one face of a cube of 
agate. 



None knew of the deposit of the precious treas- 
ure ; and, that it might remain undiscovered, and sur- 
vive the Mood, which it was known to Enoch would 
soon overwhelm the world in one vast sea of mire, 
he covered the aperture, and the stone that closed it 
and the great ring of iron used to raise the stone, 
with the granite pavement of his primitive temple. 

Then, fearing that all knowledge of the arts and. 
sciences would be lost in the universal flood, he built 
two great columns upon a high hill — one of brass, to 
resist water, and one of granite, to resist fire. On 
the granite column was written in hieroglyphics a 
description of the subterranean apartments ; on the 
one of brass, the rudiments of the arts and sciences. 

The granite column was overturned and swept 
away, and worn to a shapeless mass by the Deluge, 
but that of brass stood firm, and was found by Noah. 
Thenceforward the true name of God remained un- 
known until he said unto Moses in Egypt, when he 
ordered him to go to Pharaoh, and cause him to 
send forth the children .of Israel out of Egypt : " I 
am that which I was and shall be : I am the God of 



ROYAL ARCH OF ENOCH. 147 

thy fathers ; the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of 
Jacob. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of 
Israel, He who is hath sent rue unto you. I am the 
Lord, that appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 

Jacob by my name Al-shedi, but my name 

I did not show them." 

Moses engraved the ineffable name upon a plate 
of gold, and deposited it in the ark of the covenant. 
Moses made the name known to Aaron and Joshua, 
and afterwards it was made known to the chief 
priests. The word being composed of consonants 
only, its true pronunciation was soon lost, but the 
word still remained in the ark ; and in the time of 
Othniel, in a battle against the King of Syria, those 
who bore the ark were slain, and the ark fell to the 
ground. After the battle, the men of Israel, search- 
ing for it, were led to it by the roaring of a lion, 
which, crouching by it, had guarded it, holding the 
golden key in its mouth. Upon the approach of the 
High-priest and Levites, he laid down the key, and 
withdrew. Hence, upon the golden key worn by the 
treasurer, you see the initials of these words : " In 
arc honis verbum inveni" — "In the Hon's mouth I 
found the word." This plate of gold was melted 
down, and made into an image of Dagon by the 
Philistines, who took it in battle. 

David intended to build a temple to God, but be- 
queathed the enterprise to Solomon, his son, and 
Solomon selected a place near Jerusalem ; but find- 
ing overthrown columns of Enoch's temple, and sup- 



148 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

posing them to be the ruins of a heathen temple, and 
not wishing to select a desecrated spot, selected 
Mount Moriah for the site of his Temple to the true 
God. Under this temple he built a secret vault, the 
approach to which was through eight other vaults, 
all under ground, and to which a long and narrow 
passage led under the king's palace. In the ninth 
apartment was placed a twisted column of white 
marble, on which it was intended to place the ark, 
and in this apartment he held his private conferences 
with King Hiram of Tyre and H.\ A.*., they only 
knowing the way by which it was approached. Sol- 
omon proposed to erect a Temple of Justice, and se- 
lected as a site the spot where Enoch's temple had 
stood, and to that end directed that the fallen col- 
umns and rubbish should be removed. Gibulum, 
Joabert, and StolMn were selected to survey the 
ground and lay off the foundations. 



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ARGUMENT. 

The Lodge represents the Secret Yault under the Sanctum 
Sanctorum, in which is the Pillar of Beauty, and on this is placed 
the Holy four-letter name. This degree reveals and explains the 
tetragramniaton, completes the construction of the Holy Temple, 
and narrates the destruction of both it and the city of Jerusalem, 
together with the death of Solomon. 




u Virtus junxit — 'Mors non separabiV 

GRAND, ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 

THE FOURTEENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND AC- 
CEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE ELEVENTH DEGREE 
OF THE INEFFABLE SERIES. 




FORM AND DECORATIONS. 

The Lodge should be cubical in form ; the brethren 
(if convenient) sitting about the Lodge so as to form a 
triangle. 



154 BOOK OE THE A. AND A. EITE. 

Lights — 3, 5, Tj and 9. 3 lights North, in form of a 

Triangle. 
5 lights South, in form of a 

Pentagon. 
1 lights West, in form of a 

Heptagon. 
9 lights East, forming three 
Equilateral TriaDgles, in 
a line. 
The Lodge should contain a Pillar of Beauty; the 
Ark of Alliance ; the Seven-Branch Golden Candlestick ; 
a representation of the Burning Bush ; the Table of 
Shewbread ; the Altar of Perfumes ; the Altar of Sac- 
rifices ; the Brazen Salver ; the Enochian Pillar ; the 
Golden Urns and Yases ; the Gold Delta of Enoch ; the 
Book of the Testimony ; the Square and Compasses ; 
the Cubic Stone ; the Tables of the Law ; the Bread 
and "Wine ; the Silver Hod and Golden Trowel ; the 
Silver Plate and Cup. 




Pillar of Beauty — Twisted column, pure white mar 
ble, about three and a half feet high, on which should 
be the cube of agate, measuring about six inches on 
each face, on the upper side of which is the triangular 
Enochian plate of gold, set in with precious stones, and 
having on it the Ineffable name 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 155 

Pillar of Enoch — Marble pieces put together, found 
in ancient ruins, with Enochian characters upon it. 




Brazen Salver — Large brazen basin, containing water, 
on a pedestal three and a half feet high, with ten lavers 
at its base. 

Altar of Sacrifices — Length and breadth equal to one- 
half the height, with gilded horn on each corner, and 
covered with gold. 

Table of Shewbread — On it twelve loaves of Shew- 
bread, in two piles of six loaves each, and cup with 
wine. 

Altar of Perfumes — On it an urn, with incense burn- 
ing ; size and shape of Altar of Sacrifices. 

All the altars should be covered with white cloths. 

The Secret, afterward Sacred Vault, is approached 
by a long narrow passage of nine arches, between 
which and the Sacred Vault should be a small ante- 
room ; arches dimly lit by one lamp only, hung from the 
ceiling. 

Hangings — Crimson, with pillars at stated intervals. 

Burning Bush in the East, behind the Thrice Puis- 
sant ; in its centre the Ineffable Triangle. 

Lightning Boxes, Torches, Thunder-drums, Trumpets, 
Organ, Gong, etc. 



156 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 



CLOTHING AND DECOBATIONS. 

OFFICERS. JEW ELS. 

{Crowned Compasses, 
with blazing sun in 
the centre. 
( Crowned Compasses, 

2. Dep.\ Gr.\ M.\, King of Tyre, •< with full moon in 

( the centre. 

3. Yener/. Senior Grand Warden . . . Gold Trowel. 

4. Yener.-. Junior Grand Warden ... Sword of Justice. 

5. Grand Keeper of the Seals Ivory Key. 

6. Grand Treasurer Gold Key. 

7. Grand Secretary Gold Pen. 

8. Grand Orator Gold Scroll. 

9. Grand Master of Ceremonees Staff. 

10. Grand Captain of the Guard Spear. 

11. Grand Hospitable Brother Winged Staff. 

12. Grand Tyler Flaming 8word. 

13. Grand Organist Gold Lyre. 

The jewels of all the ofncers are set in gold triangles, 
and are suspended from collars of white watered silk, 
having a rosette of white and red at the bottom. 

The two Kings in royal robes, with crowns, sceptres, 
etc. 

King Solomon — Yellow robe or mantle, with a blue 
vestment and an Eastern crown and sceptre. 

King of Tyre — Purple robe, with yellow vestment, 
richly trimmed with fur and gold ; Mural crown and 
sceptre. 

Apron — White watered silk, lined with white and 
bordered with gold, triangular in form, and the Ineffa- 
ble Delta in the centre. 

Collar — White watered silk, bordered with gold, from 
which is suspended the 



TEEFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 



157 




Jewel — Crowned Quadrant, having a golden sun with 
nine points in the centre ; on the reverse is a blazing 
star ; in the centre of the star, the Enochian or Solo- 
monian characters ; upon the segment of the circle are 
engraved, 3, 5, 7, 9. 

Ring — Flat band of gold ; on the outside a delta, en- 
closing a ^ ; on the inside the following inscription : 
"Virtue unites, death cannot separate." Also the 
name of the owner, and date of receiving this degree. 

Girdle — Nine colors : blue, red, and yellow, 3 ; green 
and purple, 5 ; white and black, 7 ; stone and flame 
color, 9 ; all interwoven with olive-green. 

Gloves — White. 

Robes — Black. Caps and swords. 

Battery— 3,— 5,— 7,— 9. 

Age — Square of 9 = 81. 



158 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. EITE. 

LESSON FOR OPENING AND CLOSING. 

T.\ P.\ The Lord is in his holy Temple ; his eyes 
behold and his eyelids try the children of men. 

S.\ W.\ Lord, who shall stand in thy presence, 
find who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? 

J.'. W.\ He that walketh uprightly, and worketh 
righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart. He 
that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil 
with his neighbor ; but honoreth them that fear the 
Lord. 

T.\ P.\ Who shall ascend into the hill of the 
Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place ? 

$.'. W:. He that hath clean hands and a pure 
heart ; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, 
nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessings 
from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of 
his salvation. 

J:. W.\ Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye 
lifted up, ye everlasting doors ! and the King of 
glory shall come in. 

T.\ P.\ For now have I chosen and sanctified 
this house, that my name might be there forever ; 
and mine eyes and my heart shall be therein per- 
petually. 

S.'. W.\ Who is this King of glory ? 

J.\ W:. The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord of 
hosts, our Adonai : he is the King of glory. 

T:. P.'. I will wash my hands in innocency, and 
so will I encompass thine altar, O Jehovah ! 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 159 

S.'. W.\ As for me, I will walk in my integrity. 
My foot standeth in an even place, and here will I 
bless the Lord forever. 

J.\ W.\ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips 
from speaking guile : depart from evil, and do good ; 
seek peace, and ensue it. Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts : Amend your ways and your doings, and I will 
cause you to dwell in this place forever. 

T.\ P.'. But whoso confesseth his sins, and for- 
saketh them, shall have mercy. 

S.\ W.\ Who can say I have made my heart clean 
— I am pure from sin ? For there is not a just man 
on earth, that doeth good and sinneth not — no, not 
one. 

J.\ W.\ They shall fear the name of the Lord from 
the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. 

T.\ P.'. From the rising of the sun even unto the 
going down of the same, my name shall be great 
among the gentiles ; and in every place incense shall 
be offered, and a pure offering ; for my name shall 
be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. 

S.\ W.\ Sing unto the Lord ; sing praises unto 
his name. Extol him that rideth in the heavens, by 
his name Jah, and rejoice before him. 

J.\ W:. He discovereth deep things in the dark- 
ness, and bringeth to light from the shadow of death. 

T.\ P.\ Gather together unto him those that have 
made a covenant with him by sacrifice, and offer up 
to him a holy libation with a perfect heart. How 
excellent is thy loving-kindness and thy righteous- 



160 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. EITE. 

ness to tlie upright of heart! for with thee is the 
foundation of life, and in thy light shall we see the 
light which shineth more and more unto the perfect 
day. 

PRATER 

Almighty and Sovereign Grand Architect of the 
Universe, who, by thy divine power, doth continually 
search and penetrate the most secret recesses of our 
hearts, draw near us, we beseech thee, by the sacred 
fire of thy love. Guide us, by thy unerring hand, in 
the path of virtue, and by thine adorable presence 
aid us to keep out all impiety and perverseness. 

May the mysterious inscription settle in our minds 
a true notion of thine unspeakable essence and power, 
as we preserve the memorials of thy fear. TTe be- 
seech thee that our thoughts may be engaged, and 
our hearts set, on the grand work of Perfection ; 
which, when attained, will be an ample reward for 
all our labor. 

Let peace and charity link us together in a pleas- 
ing union, and may this Lodge of Grand, Elect, Per- 
fect and Sublime Masons exhibit a faint resem- 
blance of that happiness the elect will enjoy in thy 
Kingdom forever. 

Give us a spirit to refuse the evil and choose the 
good, that we may not be led astray by those who 
imworthily assume the title of Grand Elect : may 
our doings tend to thy glory and our advancement 
toward Perfection. 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 161 

May a sweet perfume ascend from the altar of our 
hearts, and be acceptable to thee, God, our 
Adonai ! Bless us, O God, and prosper the work oi 
our hands. Keep us through life, and accept us in 
death. Amen. 

Amen. So mote it be. 





EEOEPTION 



And God spake all these words, saying : I am the 
Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the 
land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, 
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the 
waters under the earth : thou shalt not bow down 
thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy 
God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the 
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth 
generation of them that hate me ; and shewing 



162 BOOK OF THE A. AM) A. RTTE. 

mercy unto thousands of them that love me and 
keep my commandments. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 
God in rain : for the Lord will not hold hfm guiltless 
that taketh his name in Tain. 

Ermember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. Six 
days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work : but the 
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in 
it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor 
thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- 
vant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within 
thv orates : for in six davs the Lord made heaven 
and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested 
the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the 
Sabbath-day, and hallowed it. 

Honor thy father and thy mother : that thy days 
may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God 
hath given thee. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steaL 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-ser- 
vant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, 
nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. 

T.\ P.'. Before the altar of a broken and a contrite 
heart, with the fire of holy zeal, mortify your sins by 
the hatred thereof. May we all offer up to him on 



TEKFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 163 

tlie altar of our hearts a sacrifice of humility and 
praise, with the fire of fervent charity. From our 
hearts, too, those altars of incense, may the perfume 
of our prayers arise for the bestowment of heavenly 
blessings. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty and Sovereign Grand Architect of the 
Universe, thou who ridest in the heavens by thy 
name Jah, let all the earth keep silence before thee. 
There is no God like unto thee in the heavens above 
or in the earth beneath, who keepeth covenant and 
showeth mercy unto thy servants that walk before 
thee with all their hearts. 

When we draw nigh thy majesty, may we ever 
preserve the memorials of thy fear, and the indeli- 
ble character of thine ineffable essence, in our hearts. 
Oh, purify our hearts, we beseech thee, by the fire 
of thy holy love, and guide our feet in the way of 
peace, and in the perfect path which shineth more 
and more, with a shining light, unto the perfect day. 
May we all have an interest in that covenant which 
is well-ordered in all things and sure. May we dwell 
together in unity, and be all of one mind, having 
compassion one to another, and love as brethren. 

May all Elect Masons, like the Elect of God, put 
on charity, which is the bond of perfection. May 
our loins be girt about with the girdle of truth ; and 
finally, having been faithful in all our course, may 
we be brought to behold the light ineffable, and ad* 



164 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE." 

mitted into that sacred place where the sun shall no 
more give light by day ; neither for brightness shall 
the moon give light, but the Lord, our Adonai, shall 
be with us an everlasting light, and our God our glory. 
Bless us, and bless the work in which we are en- 
gaged ; and may the alliance we are about to perfect 
be eternal. Amen ! So mote it be ! 



Let me impress you with an ardent zeal for the 
honor and glory of the Grand Architect of the Uni- 
verse, to the end that you may always live in his 
adorable pre*sence, with a head disposed to contrive, 
a heart to feel, and a hand to execute all those things 
toward him and your fellow-creatures which are so 
well pleasing in his sight. 

" Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren 
to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious 
ointment on the head, that ran down on the beard, 
even Aaron's beard, that went down to the skirts of 
his garments." 

Ointment and perfume rejoiceth the heart ; so doth 
the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 
" Let him reprove me : it shall be an excellent oil, 
which shall not break my head." 

" If thy brother be waxen poor and old, and fallen 
to decay, thou shalt relieve him." Give of thy 
bread to the hungry, and of thy wine to cheer the 
heart of the sorrowful ; and forget not to pour the 
oil of consolation into the wounds that sorrow, sick- 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 165 

ness, or affliction hath rent into the heart of thy fel- 
low-traveller. By kindness and commiseration, fail 
not to pour the balm of oil and of wine into the bleed- 
ing heart. Our labor of duty and love will soon be 
ended. As the lightning writes its fiery path on the 
dark cloud and expires, so the race of man, walking 
amid the surrounding shades of mortality, glitter for 
a moment through the dark gloom, and vanish from 
our sight forever. 



The holy angels are called " Elect," and with great 
propriety allusion is made in this degree to the Shem 
Hamphorosh, by w x hich we arrive at the great name 
of God, which, placed in the shape of a triangle, ex- 
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seventy-two attributes, seventy-two angels, and, as 
the book Zohar asserts, seventy-two steps composing 
the ladder that Jacob saw in his dream, which the 
cherubim, seraphim, ophanim, and other holy angels, 
ascended and descended. 

We are further reminded by this book that — " The 
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166 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 



to serve him, as it is written, 'for God took him.' 
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and inferior kingdoms, and he showed him the tree 
(alphabet) of life, respecting which Adam had re- 
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PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 167 

Religion builds it, and a beam 
From Heaven's own throne — no fitful gleam — 
Wraps it in flames, while hand in hand 
We round this blazing altar stand. 

Let us, as Elect Masons true, 
Virtue's eternal league renew ; 
While celebrating friendship's feast, 
Love be our- ever welcome guest. 

And now in adoration bow 
To Him who hears and seals each vow : 
Glory to God, who reigns above, 
And to our fellow-creatures, love ! 



INVESTMENT. 




I now invest you with the apron, girdle, collar, and 
jewel of a Grand, Elect, Perfect, and Sublime Mason ; 
and with the greatest pleasure salute you with the 
title, and grace you with the symbols thereof. 

The collar is emblematical of ardent zeal, affection, 
and charity. The crown upon your jewel is a sym- 
bol of the royal origin of the degree. The compass, 
extended to ninety degrees, denotes the extensive 



168 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

! 

knowledge of the Grand Elect : the sun, in the cen- 
tre, that our actions should be as open as the full 
blaze of the noon-day sun, and our charity as diffu- 
sive as its beams. This jewel, suspended upon your 
breast, should make you attentive to your duties, 
and cause you to walk so as to adorn your station. 

The apron, my brother, which you wear, is white, 
lined with white, and bordered with gold. The 
white is to remind us of innocence, and of that purity 
which was required for an entrance to this place : 
the gold, of wisdom, which should characterize all 
Grand, Elect, Perfect and Sublime Masons. Its 
form is supposed to be the true form used by the 
Perfect Master Mason at the building of the Temple, 
and alludes to the golden triangle or delta of Enoch, 
which adorns the centre. 

The girdle, which I also invest you with, is the an- 
cient girdle of a Grand, Elect, Perfect and Sublime 
Mason. It was used of old to bind up and strength- 
en the body, and enable man to persist in his la- 
bors : it is, therefore, an emblem of activity, prompt- 
ness, and perseverance. The girdle was also used to 
bind up the garments, and prevent them from flying 
open and discovering nakedness-: it is, therefore, 
an emblem of charity, the observance of which has 
laid you under renewed obligations. It was also 
used for beauty and ornament. Let it be your en- 
deavor to be adorned and rich in the many virtues 
and qualities which are represented by its various 
colors. 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 169 

The colors are arranged according to the mystic 
numbers of this degree — 3, 5, 7, 9. 

The three are blue, red, and yellow, by the due 
mixture of which the primitive colors are all formed. 

The five consist of the first three, and green and 
purple. 

The seven consist of the first five, and of white and 
black. 

The nine consist of the first seven, and of stone 
and flame color. 

They are thus explained : 

The blue is an emblem of friendship ; the red of 
zeal ; the yellow of wisdom, on account of its resem- 
blance to gold. "Wisdom, saith the wisest of kings, 
is far better than fine gold. The green is a beautiful 
emblem of hope, and of that immortal part of man 
which never, never dies ; the purple, being a royal 
color, of dignity and majesty ; the white, of purity 
and innocence ; the black, of seriousness and modest- 
ness of demeanor. The next color is that of stone, 
which denotes firmness and durability, and is an em- 
blem of constancy, fidelity, and decision of character 
— qualities which should be possessed by those who 
take the degree of Grand Master Architect, and at- 
tempt to walk in the footsteps of our Grand Master 
H.\ A.*. ; and the flame color, of ardent affection and 
charity, the peculiar traits of a Grand, Elect, Perfect 
and Sublime Mason. 

The various colors united in this one girdle are ex- 
pressive of that unity, and the olive interwoven of 

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170 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 

that peace, which should link us together as breth- 
ren. As these various colors shine in your girdle, so 
let the various virtues they represent shine in your 
heart and life. 

CHAEGE. 

Thus, my brother, by your meritorious and un- 
blamable conduct, assiduity, constancy, and integ- 
rity, you have at last attained the title of Grand, 
Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason, which is the 
summit of Ancient Craft Masonry, and upon your 
arrival to which I most sincerely congratulate you. 

I most earnestly recommend to you the strictest 
care and circumspection in all your conduct, that the 
sublime mysteries of this degree be not profaned or 
disgraced. 

As to what remains of completing your knowledge 
of Ancient Craft Masonry, you will find, by attending 
to the following history of the degree, and a careful 
study of its mysteries. 

You will now proceed to the Grand Orator, in the 
South, who will instruct you in the 

HISTORY. 

G.\ Or.\ My brother, you were informed in the 
degree of Royal Arch that "King Solomon builded a 
secret vault, the approach to which was through 
eight other vaults, all under ground, and to which a 
long and narrow passage led from the palace. The 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 171 

ninth arch or vault was immediately under the Holy 
of Holies of the Temple. In that apartment King 
Solomon held his private conferences with King 
Hiram and Hiram Abiff. After the death of Hiram 
Abiff, the two kings ceased to visit it, resolving not 
to do so until they should select one to fijl his place ; 
and that, until that time, they would make known 
the sacred name to no one. After Adoniram, Joabert, 
and Stolkin had discovered the cube of agate and 
the mysterious name, and had delivered it to King 
Solomon, the two kings determined to deposit it in 
the secret vault, permit the three Masters who dis- 
covered it to be present, make known to them the 
true pronunciation of the ineffable word, constitute 
the last degree of Ancient Craft Masonry, and term 
it Grand, Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason. 

The cube of agate was so deposited. 

Afterward the twelve Princes of Ameth, the nine 
Elect, and the Chief Architect were admitted to this 
degree. The secret vault was thereafter called Sa- 
cred Vault, and was originally built by Hiram Abiff, 
and none but Grand, Elect, Perfect and Sublime 
Masons knew of its existence, or knew other than the 
substituted word. 

The Temple was completed in the year 3000 — six 
years, six months, and ten days after King Solomon 
had laid the first corner-stone ; and its completion 
was celebrated with great pomp and splendid mag- 
nificence. 

Subsequently, while the Temple was being dedi- 



172 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 

eated, King Solomon conferred this sublime degree 
on the twenty-five brethren we have mentioned, and 
in the form you have but now witnessed. 

And when the singers and trumpeters were to 
make one sound in praise and thanks to the Lord, 
saying, " Praise the Lord, for he is good : his mercy 
endureth forever ;" that the Temple was filled with a 
cloud, and the name was fully pronounced. 

On the second day, an audience was given to all 
Masons, from the degree of Master to the Royal 
Arch, and all vacancies were filled. 

On the third day, "King Solomon devoted his time 
to advancing and raising Fellow Crafts and Entered 
Apprentices. 

Thus far the wise King of Israel behaved worthy 
of himself, and gained universal admiration ; but in 
process of time, when he had advanced in years, his 
understanding became impaired ; he grew deaf to 
the voice of the Lord, and was strangely irregular in 
his conduct. Proud of having erected an edifice to 
his Maker, and much intoxicated with his great 
power, he plunged into all manner of licentiousness 
and debauchery, and profaned the Temple by offer- 
ing incense to the idol Moloch, which only should 
have been offered to the living God. The Grand, 
Elect, Perfect and Sublime Masons saw this, and 
were sorely grieved, being fearful that his apostacy 
would end in some dreadful consequences, and per- 
haps bring upon them those enemies whom Solomon 
had vainly and wantonly defied. The people, copy- 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 173 

ing the follies and vices of their king, became proud 
and idolatrous, neglecting the true worship of God 
for that of idols. 

As an adequate punishment for this defection, 
God inspired the heart of Nebuchadnezzar, King of 
Babylon, to take vengeance on the kingdom of 
Israel. This prince sent an army, with Nebuzar- 
adan, captain of the guards, who entered Judah with 
fire and sword, took and sacked the city of Jerusa- 
lem, razed its walls, and destroyed that superb 
model of excellence, the Temple. The people were 
carried away captive to Babylon, and the conquerors 
carried away with them all the vessels of gold and 
silver. 

This happened four hundred and seventy years, 
six months, and ten days after the dedication. After 
the city was taken, and the king's palace and the 
Temple demolished, some of the Grand Elect Masons 
bethought themselves of the Sacred Vault and the 
inestimable treasure it contained. Eepairing to the 
ruins of the Temple at night, they found that the 
way which led down to the vault had not been dis- 
covered, nor the slab of marble which covered it dis- 
turbed ; but upon it they found the dead body of 
Galaad, an eminent brother, and Chief of the Levites. 
He had been intrusted with the custody of the Sa- 
cred Vault and the care of the lamps that burned 
continually. 

* * * * * 

Finally, when the time arrived that the Christian 



174 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. EITE. 

Princes entered into a league to free the Holy Land 
from the oppression of the infidels, the good and yir- 
tnous Masons, anxious for so pious an undertaking, 
offered their services to the confederates, upon con- 
dition that they should have a chief of their own 
election, and whose name was only made known in 
the hour of battle; which being granted, they ac- 
cepted then standard and departed. 

The valor and fortitude of these Elected Knights 
were such, that they were admired by, and took the 
lead of, all the Princes of Jerusalem, who, belieying 
that their mysteries inspired them with coinage and 
fidelity to the cause of virtue and religion, became 
desirous of being initiated. Upon being found 
worthy, their desires were complied with, and thus 
the Koyal Art, meeting the approbation of great and 
good men, became popular and honorable, and was 
diffused to the worthy throughout- these doininions, 
and thus continued to spread, far and wide, through 
a succession of ages to the present day. 

Tou will now, my brother, be seated among the 
Grand Elect. 

CLOSING. 

***** 

PRATER 

Most Holy and Glorious God, thou who dwell- 
est between the Cherubim, and art known in heaven 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 



175 



and on earth by thy name Jah ; we approach thee 
with awe and reverence, and implore thy blessing 
upon us, who know thy great and ineffable name, ere 
we depart from this sacred place to our several places 
of abode, and mingle again in the busy scenes and 
strifes of life. Oh, fill our hearts, we beseech thee, 
with thy love and fear, that^our tongues may speak 
of thy goodness, and our actions correspond with the 
lessons taught in this holy place. 

Make us steadfast in our obligations to our breth- 
ren and in our duty to our fellow-man. 

Bless us and prosper us in life, and in death re- 
ceive us, Lord, our Adonai ! Amen. 

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A gold engraven plate I saw 

"With dazzling splendor shine. 
To us, the " Grand Elect" alone, 
Its secret characters are known, 

Ineffable — divine. 

This precious treasure, long concealed, 
Was by three worthy Knights revealed 

Where erst a Temple stood. 
Its ancient ruins they explored, 
And found the grand, mysterious word, 

Made known before the Flood. 



PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 177 

Fulfilled was then the promise made, 
And Beauty's Pillar soon displayed 

The Treasure they had found : 
Their ardent zeal and piety — 
Then dangerous toil and constancy — 

"Were with due honors crowned. 

Hours like those we all shall prove, 
"Who, joined in pnre and social love, 

Perfection's work pursue. 
May the Sublime Grand Architect, 
By his unerring laws, direct 

The honored, chosen few. 

May all who friendship's feast partake 
The good pursue, the bad forsake ! 

And may each rite and sign 
A happy, lasting influence shed : 
The quadrant crowned, the oil, the bread, 

The golden ring, the wine ! 

Long as I live this ring I'll wear, 
Symbol of an alliance dear 

To every brother's heart ; 
And bless the sacred tie that binds 
In virtue's chain ; for " virtue joins 

What death can never part." 



JEWELS, LODGE OF PERFECTION. 





T. P. GRAND MASTER. 



EIRAM OF TYRE. 




SENIOR WARDEN. 




JUNIOR WARDEN. 



GRAND TREASURER. 




GRAND SECRETARY. 




GRAND ORATOR. 




G. M. CEREMONIES. 




G. CAPTAIN OF GUARD. 



GRAND HOSPITALLER. 



GRAND TYLER. 



CEREMONY 

op 

INAUGURATION AND CONSTITUTION 

OP A 

LODGE OF PERFECTION. 



The Lodge-room is arranged as for a ceremony of reception ; 
the interlaced triangle over the throne is not lighted, and the ped- 
estal is covered. In front of the East, seats are placed sufficient 
to accommodate the officers of the Consistory, and not less than 
twelve in number. 

CEREMONY. 
A Lodge of Perfection is opened in full form. 
The Grand Captain of the Guard will form the Consistory in a 
procession in an adjoining room, in the following order : 

Grand Tyler, 
Grand Master op Ceremonies, Grand Hospitaller, 

Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, 

Grand Keeper op Seals, Grand Chancellor, 

Grand Minister op State, Second Lieutenant Commander, 

Illustrious Deputy Commander, First Lieutenant Commander, 
Grand Standard Bearer, 
Illustrious Commander-in-Chiep. 



T. P. G. M. Illustrious Commander-in-Chief, in the name of 
this Lodge of Perfection, I welcome you and those who attend 
you among us ; more especially as you bring Letters of Constitu- 
tion, authorizing us to continue our labors as a Lodge of Perfec- 
tiou, and at the same time to inaugurate and install its officers, 
whose zeal for the interests of the order has gained us that favor. 

Com.-in- Chief. Thrice Potent Grand Master, permit me to re« 



BOOK OF THE A. AM) A. PJTE. 

turn thanks for this fraternal reception. The Consistoiy, know- 
ing your zeal and devotion for our Ancient and Accepted rite, 
have favorably considered your request, and have caused Letters 
of Constitution to issue, empowering you to assemble as a legal 
Lodge, and to discharge the duties of our rite in a regular and 
constitutional manner, according to the original forms of the or- 
der and the regulations of the Supreme Council, and now propose 
to inausrurate tout Lodse and to install its officers. 



Com. -in- C. The officers of the Consistoiy will approach the 
East and be seated. Illustrious Grand Master of Ceremonies, 
you will now conduct to their appropriate stations in the Lodge 
the officers of the Consistoiy. and let the officers of the Lodge 
(commencing vrith the Captain of the Guard) yield up their 
stations respectively, and place their regalia upon the Altar of 
Incense ; after which, you will conduct them to their seats in 
front of the East, vacated by their superior officers. 



Com.-in-C. Illustrious Grand Master of Ceremonies, conduct 
now the Thrice Potent Grand Master (after he shall have laid 
aside his regalia) to his proper seat among his officers. 

Com.-in-C. Illustrious Grand Chancellor, you will now read 
the Letters of Constitution. 

Grand Chancellor reads. 

Com.-in-C. Perfect and Sublime Brethren of Lodge 

of Perfection, Xo , you have heard read your Letters of Con- 
stitution ; do you accept them, and do you now desire that your 
Lodge shall be inaugurated *? 

Omnes. TTe do. 

Com.-in-C. Perfect and sublime Brethren, the step which you 
now take is a serious and important one ; heretofore you were 
only temporarily organized, but when you shall have been inau- 
gurated and installed under these Letters of Constitution, you 
become a permanent body ; and if you should so conduct your- 
selves as to cause them to be taken away, you will incur great 
reproach, and prove yourselves unworthy Masons. It will be- 



CONSTITUTION OF A LODGE OF PEKFECTION. 

come the duty of each aiid every member of the Lodge to labor 
unceasingly for its success. 

The work of the Lodge must not be confined to the mere cere- 
mony of opening and closing and conferring of degrees, but 
should be devoted to mutual instruction, to the cultivation of the 
social feelings, and of brotherly kindness, and to the practice of 
earnest beneficence and charity. 

Morally, the work of a Lodge of Perfection extends far beyond 
mutual relief and assistance : the field of its exertions is not in- 
cluded .within the four walls of a Lodge, nor limited by the circle 
of the brethren ; it is society, the country, the world. 

Intellectually, its work is not confined to diy and lifeless for- 
mulas or trivial interpretations, but includes the profoundest 
philosophical instructions in regard to the great mysteries of God 
and nature. 

If these, my brethren, are your views of the works and pur- 
poses of Masonry, kneel with us, and let us beseech our Father 
who is in Heaven, to prosper this work and bless all our labors 
with success. 



PKAYER. 

Great Architect of the Universe, Creator, and Preserver of the 
world, teach us our duties as Masons and as men ! Incline our 
hearts and strengthen our hands to perform them, and make our 
work, faithfully done, effectual to the benefit of our order, of so- 
ciety, of our country, and of universal humanity. 

Give us wisdom to judge what is proper and becoming for us 
to do, and may this Lodge which we are now about to inaugurate 
and consecrate, be and continue an active and efficient instru- 
ment in relieving human suffering, dispelling ignorance, eradi- 
cating error, and promoting the happiness of men. Amen. 

Omnes. So mote it be. 

All rise and are seated. 

Com.-in-C. Illustrious Grand Master of Ceremonies, you will 
cause the members of the Lodge of Perfection to assemble round 
the Altar of Incense to take the general oath of fealty and alle- 
giance. 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. 

The members assemble in due form. 

The Commander-in-Chief descends from the throne, passes inside 
the triangle to the altar, lights the incense,- and says : 

Brethren of the Lodge of Perfection will now kneel on the 
right knee and repeat after me the vow of 

FEALTY AND ALLEGIANCE. 

In the presence of our Heavenly Father, by this holy altar 
erected to Him, by the incense which now ascends therefrom, in 
token of our gratitude and adoration, and calling on these Illus- 
trious Brethren now present, as witnesses, I do solemnly vow to 
be faithful and- loyal to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite, 
to ever maintain its honor and independence, support its regu- 
lar and constituted authorities, and zealously endeavor to propa- 
gate its principles, enlarge its borders, and increase its influence. 

That I will be loyal and faithful to my countiy and its govern- 
ment and laws, and to the great cause of oppressed and suffering 
humanity. 

That I will labor to disseminate truth and knowledge among 
men, to eradicate error and dispel ignorance, and to make Ma- 
sonry efficient to enlighten and enfranchise men. 

That I will be loyal and faithful, and bear true fealty and alle- 
giance to the Supreme Council and Sovereign Chiefs of Exalted 
Masonry. 

That I will hold no Masonic communication whatever, as a 
Mason of said rite, with any Masonic body or Mason pretending 
to be subject to any Masonic authority of said rite in said jurisdic- 
tion, other than said Supreme Council, of which the Illustrious 

Brother is now the Sovereign Grand Commander. So 

help me God ! 

Second Lieut * * * In the name of our Father which art 
in Heaven, I consecrate this Lodge of Perfection to peace, har- 
mony, and union ; may it ever pour oil on the waters of strife, 
and persuade men no longer to hate their brethren ! 

First Lieut. * * * In the name of the order of Freemasonry 
and of our Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite, I consecrate this 
Lodge of Perfection to charity, beneficence, and good deeds; 
may it ever labor to assist the needy, console the suffering, and 
cheer with the wine of contentment the disconsolate. 



CONSTITUTION OF A LODGE OF PERFECTION. 

Com.-in-C. * * * In the name of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, I consecrate this Lodge of Perfec- 
tion to truth and the diffusion of knowledge among men ; may it 
ever labor unweariedly in the great cause ; and may eveiy seed 
it sows, generate like the wheat, and produce fruit in one season. 

PROCLAMATION. 

To the glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe, in the 
name and under the auspices of the Supreme Council of the An- 
cient and Accepted rite, and by virtue of the powers in me vested 
as [position of installing officer], I do constitute and form these 
brethren into a regular Lodge of Perfection of said rite, to be 
known and distinguished as Lodge of Perfection, No. . . 

I do hereby empower it, henceforward, to meet as a regular 
Lodge of Perfection, duly constituted and inaugurated in confor- 
mity to the laws and usages of the Ancient and Accepted Scot- 
tish rite. And may the Great Architect of the Universe prosper, 
direct, and counsel it in all its doings. Amen. 

Omnes. So mote it be. 

Com.-in-C. «. 



CEREMONIAL DEGREE 

AT THE 

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS 

OF THE 

LODGE OF PEEFECTION. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



It is the prerogative of Princes of Jerusalem to invest the 
Officers of Lodges of Perfection with the secrets appertaining to 
their respective offices. 

The Thrice Potent Grand Master, Senior and Junior Grand 
"Wardens, and the Grand Master of Ceremonies, are the only 
officers entitled to the Secret Directory. On the production of a 
certificate of their election, duly signed and sealed, the following 
ceremonies are observed. 

RECEPTION. 

A Council of Princes of Jerusalem being opened : 

The Grand Master of Ceremonies retires to the anteroom, and pre- 
pares the candidate hy divesting him of his hat, shoes, etcetera ; hood- 
winks him, and conducts him to the door of the Council Chamber, 
where the Guard announces his approach by the sound of a trum- 
pet, which is answered from within by the Grand Master of Entrances. 
The door is opened from within by the Grand High Priest. 



M.\ E:. S.\ P.\ This is the legend and fable of this degree, 
chronologically arranged. During the life of King Solomon, the 
Secret Directory for the Ineffable degrees was drawn up under 
his direction, and deposited in the pedestal of the Pillar of Beauty, 



CEREMONIAL DEGREE OF TERFECTION. 

on which he ordered this inscription, in hieroglyphics, to be en- 
graved, " * * * " It was known to the brethren that on his 
signet the inscription, " Solomon, King of Israel, son of David 
and Bathshoba," was engraved in the same hieroglyphics. 



After his death, in consequence of the disorders and civil com- 
motions which prevailed in the kingdom of Judah, Masomy was 
much neglected until the time of Hezekiah. 

In the first year of his reign the brethren assembled by order of 
that king, for the purpose of reorganizing the Lodge of Perfec- 
tion, but being unable to discover the Secret Directory, they could 
not fully effect their purpose. They therefore passed a decree 
that the next candidate for an office in the Lodge of Perfection, 
before he took his seat as such, should make diligent search for 
the same. This decree was carried into effect on the admission 
of the next candidate, who discovered the Secret Directory in the 
manner you have represented ; and in consequence of this dis- 
covery the secrets of Ineffable Masomy were again communi- 
cated to worthy brethren from generation to generation. 

M. E. S. P. ; •—when the G.\ H.\ P.'. says : 

O:. H.\ P.: " If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, 
or any poor without covering ; if his loins have not blessed me, 
and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep ; if I have 
lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in 
the gate ; then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine 
arm be broken from the bone." 

" Behold ! happy is the man whom God correcteth, therefore de- 
spise not thou the chastening of the Almighty ; he shall deliver thee 
in six troubles, yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee ; when 
thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither 
shall the flame be kindled upon thee ; when thou passest through 
the waters they shall not overflow thee ;" for the Lord God of 
Israel shall be thy defender and preserver ; he will be thy rock 
and thy shield; blessed be his holy name, forever and ever. 
Amen. 

The newly-installed officers retire, unless they are Princes of Jerusa- 
lem ; and none but Princes of Jerusalem being present, the Council 
ia closed in due form. 



CEREMONY 

OF 

INSTALLATION 

OP A 

LODGE OF PERFEOTION. 



Com.-in-C. Brethren of the Lodge, these are the officers whom 
you have elected! Look upon them, and do you, Illustrious 
Brethren, officers of the Consistory, the same ! and if any one 
present has any objection to offer, why any one of them shall not 
be installed, let him now prefer it, or else forever after hold his 
peace. 

No objection being made : 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Thrice Potent 
Grand Master elect. 

My brother, your brethren have been pleased to elect you to 
the office of Thrice Potent Grand Master of this Lodge of Perfec- 
tion. Before your investiture it is necessary you should signify 
your assent to these ancient charges and regulations which define 
the duty of a Grand Master of a Lodge of Perfection ! Listen, 
therefore, and respond. 

I. You agree to be impartial and upright, and to obey in every 
point the moral laws of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite. 

You promise not to engage in any plot or conspiracy against 
government ; and to submit peacefully to the will of the majority ; 
and to act with honor and generosity toward all men. 

II. You agree to hold in veneration the ancient landmarks and 
great principles of our order ; to respect and obey the authorities 
of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite, supreme and subordi- 



INSTALLATION OF A LODGE OF PERFECTION. 

nate, according to their stations ; and to submit to the decision 
and awards of your brethren in any case where the constitution 
or principles of the order require it. 

III. You promise to avoid disputes and quarrels ; to be modest 
in your behavior and carriage ; courteous to all men, and faithful 
to your Lodge and brethren, and carefully to refrain from intem- 
perance and excess. 

IV. You promise hospitably to treat and courteously to receive 
all brethren, and to discountenance impostors and all who seek 
to disturb the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite. 

V. You agree to diffuse and disseminate the principles of our 
order ; to pay due homage to the Supreme Council, and strictly to 
conform to all edicts emanating therefrom that are not subversive 
of the principles and ground-work of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish rite. 

VI. You admit that it is not in the power of any man or 
body of men to make innovations in the essential and funda- 
mental principles of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite. 

VII. You promise to attend regularly the meetings of your 
Lodge, and to instruct and counsel the brethren ; that you will 
faithfully and punctually perform all your duties as Grand Mas- 
ter, and that you will never open or close your Lodge without 
giving a lecture, or some portion thereof, for the instruction of 
the brethren. 

VIII. You admit that no new Lodge of Perfection can be 
formed without permission of the Supreme Council, or a Deputy 
Inspector-General in a country where there is no Consistoiy, and 
that no countenance should be given to an irregular Lodge, or to 
any person initiated therein. 

IX. You admit that no person can be regularly allowed to 
receive any degree in a Lodge of Perfection, or admitted a 
member of the same, without previous notice and due inquiry 
into his character, nor unless he be a Master Mason, in good 
standing. 

X. You agree that no visitor shall be received into your Lodge 
without due examination and proof of his title to be so, unless he 
is personally known as a Grand Elect, Perfect, and Sublime 
Mason, to some member of your body. 

These are the regulations of the Ancient and Accepted Scot- 
tish rite. Do you submit to these charges and promise to sup- 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 

port these regulations, as Ineffable Masons have done in all ages 
before you ? 
T. P. G. M. I do. 

CHARGE. 

Com.-in-C. My brother, your ready assent to the charges and 
regulations of the order, justifies the confidence which your breth- 
ren have reposed in you, and authorizes me to proceed with your 
installation. You cannot have advanced to the degree which you 
have attained in our rite without becoming acquainted with the 
requisites necessaiy to constitute an efficient Master of a Lodge of 
Perfection, with the duties that devolve upon the position, and of 
the serious responsibility which he incurs. 

The honor, reputation, and usefulness of your Lodge will 
chiefly depend upon the mode in which you discharge the duties 
of your office. If you should be satisfied with merely knowing 
by rote the formulas, the phrases, and ceremonies of the work, 
and end with that, you may maintain good order and conduct 
the work with regularity, but you will soon see indifference suc- 
ceed to zeal, inattention to punctuality, lassitude to interest, and 
stagnant immobility to activity. 

You cannot satisfy your promise never to open and close your 
Lodge without giving a lecture, or some portion thereof, for the 
instruction of the brethren, by asking a few trivial questions of 
routine. It would be absurd to require of you to take a solemn 
obligation to do that ; and a sad matter if Masonry would so 
cheapen its oaths. 

Whenever your Lodge is closed, and an evening has passed 
away without your having given the brethren some new and use- 
ful information, you will have failed to do your duty. 

Think not that the field of Masonic learning has been so often 
reaped and gleaned that there is nothing left for you to gather. 
Its history has never yet been written. Its symbols are only in 
part understood. Its philosophy is a vast region almost wholly 
unexplored. You are to arouse the indolent, encourage the de- 
sponding, and incite the unreflecting brethren to do something the 
influences whereof shall be felt beyond the limits of the Lodge — 
something for society, something for humanity. Admonish them 
of the duty that rests upon them — so to act and behave as to bring 
no discredit or reproach upon the order. Charge them to prac- 



INSTALLATION OF A LODGE OF PERFECTION. 

tise out of the Lodge the duties taught in it, and by their forbear- 
ance, frankness, discretion, equity, and profound regard for truth 
and honor, to convince all who know them of the excellence of 
our institution. 

I hope your example will remain as the best and brightest of 
lessons for your successors, to show them in what way to walk, 
and how to act ; to deserve well of the order, to be entitled to its 
gratitude, and to win for themselves honor and reputation. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the deputy Grand 
Master elect. 

Charge to the Deputy Grand Master. 

My brother, your brethren have been pleased to elect you 
Deputy Grand Master of this Lodge of Perfection, to take the place 
of the Thrice Potent, in case of his absence. The duties which, in 
that case, you are to perform are known to you, and need not be 
repeated. When he is present, you are to assist him with your 
counsel and advice in maintaining the dignity and authority of 
his office, and the peace and harmony of the Lodge, and perform 
such other duties as are laid down in the ritual. I congratulate 
you on being thought worthy by your brethren of this honorable 
station, and earnestly hope that you may give them no reason to 
regret the choice they have made. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Senior 
Grand Warden elect. 

Charge to the Senior Grand Warden, 

My brother, your brethren have been pleased to elect you as 
Senior Grand Warden of this Lodge of Perfection. In the ab- 
sence of the Thrice Potent and his Deputy, you are to govern 
the Lodge and perforin the duties of his office : and in that case 
you are bound by all the pledges and promises he has made ; 
and you will consider all that has been said to him as addressed 
equally to you. When he is present, you are to assist him and 
second all his efforts. Your acquaintance with the histoiy, sym- 
bols, and philosophy of our rite, should be as extensive as his ; 
therefore you should prepare yourself, so as never to be taken 
unawares when called to the performance of any duty. 

I firmly rely on your knowledge, your zeal for the order, and 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. EITE. 

your attachment for your Lodge, for the faithful discharge of the 
duties of this important trust. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Junior 
Grand Warden elect. 

Charge to the Junior Grand Warden. 

My brother, you have been elected to the office of Junior Grand 
Warden of this Lodge of Perfection. 

You may be called upon to fill the place of the Senior Grand 
Warden, or eyen that of the Grand Master or his Deputy, and in 
such case the promises they have respectively made become yours. 
You should therefore be as fully instructed, and your office de- 
mands of you the same diligent study and thoughtful care. 

Your regular and punctual attendance is required by our laws, 
and it is expected you will faithfully discharge the duties at- 
tached to that responsible office. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Grand 
Orator elect. 

-Charge to the Grand Orator. 

My brother, you have been elected Grand Orator of this 
Lodge of Perfection. It will be your duty to pronounce a dis- 
course to the neophyte at every reception, and to the Lodge if 
required. It may also of right call upon you to read an essay or 
lecture upon the history, philosophy, doctrine, or symbolism of 
the rite. It is therefore indispensable that you should make 
yourself familiar with those subjects, so that you may be able to 
instruct and enlighten the brethren. I trust that the duties of 
your office will be so performed that your name will be hereafter 
identified with the prosperity of the Lodge, and mentioned with 
honor and respect by all who love our order. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Grand Treas- 
urer elect. 

Charge to the Grand Treasurer. 

My brother, you have been elected Grand Treasurer of this 
Lodge of Perfection. It is your duty to receive all moneys from 
the Secretary, make due entry of the same, and pay them out en 



INSTALLATION OF A LODGE OF PERFECTION. 

the order of the Lodge, rendering account thereof at the proper 
season. These duties are responsible and important, and your 
faithful performance of them will entitle you to the good opinion 
and gratitude of your brethren. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Grand Secre- 
tary elect. 

Charge to the Grand Secretary. 

My brother, you have been elected Grand Secretary of this 
Lodge of Perfection. It is your duty to record the proceedings 
of the Lodge, to receive all moneys due the same, and to pay 
them over to the Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. 

I earnestly hope that you will so perform its duties as to merit 
the esteem and applause of your brethren. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Grand Mas- 
ter of Ceremonies elect. 



Charge to the Grand Master of Ceremonies* 

My brother, you have been elected the Grand Master of 
Ceremonies of this Lodge of Perfection. It will be your duty to 
examine and introduce all visiting brethren ; to examine, pre- 
pare, introduce, and accompany all candidates ; to arrange all 
processions, and act as Marshal thereof. 

I trust you will perform them to the entire satisfaction of the 
Grand Master and the Lodge. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Grand Cap- 
tain of the Guard elect. 

Charge to the Grand Captain of the Guard. 

My brother, you have been elected Grand Captain of the 
Guard of this Lodge of Perfection. You are to guard well the 
entrance of the same, to cause all summonses to be served, and to 
obey such orders of the Grand Master as he may communicate to 
you ; and I do not doubt but that you will perform your duties 
faithfully, and keep due watch over our entrance into the Sanc- 
tuary. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Grand Hos- 
pitaller elect. 

22* 



BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. 



Charge to the Grand Hospitaller, 

My brother, you have been elected Grand Hospitaller of this 
Lodge of Perfection. It is our earnest wish that you may so 
administer the affairs of your office, that when you lay it down, 
the exchequer of the Lodge may overflow with the thanks of 
the widows and the gratitude of orphans. 

Brother Grand Master of Ceremonies, present the Grand Tyler. 

Charge to the Grand Tyler. 

My brother, you have been elected Grand Tyler of this Lodge 
of Perfection. Receive this sword, and after you shall have 
taken the oath of office, you will repair to your station, and 
guard well the approach to the entrance to the Lodge, that no 
cowan overhear us and no impostor intrude himself among us. 

Illustrious Grand Master of Ceremonies, you will now place 
the officers of the Lodge of Perfection at the Altar in due form to 
take the oath of office. 

G.\ M.\ of C.\ places them in a semicircle, facing the E., M. in the 
centre. 

Com.-in-G. [* * * all rise.] Attention, brethren of the Grand 
Consistoiy and Lodge, and witness this oath of office. 

OATH. 

You and each of you, in the presence of the Great Architect of 
the Universe, and with these brethren as witnesses, do solemnly 
and sincerely swear, that you will support the Constitutions, 
Regulations, Statutes, and Institutes of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish rite, and the Regulations and Constitution of the Supreme 
Council, as the fundamental law of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite. That you will faithfully and impartially perform, 
each to the best and utmost of his skill and ability, the duties of 
the office to which he has been elected in this Lodge of Perfec- 
tion. So help you God. 

• 

Illustrious Grand Master of Ceremonies, you will now invest 
the officers of the Lodge with their appropriate regalia and con- 



INSTALLATION OF A LODGE OF PERFECTION. 

duct them (excepting the Thrice Potent Grand Master) to their 
stations (commencing with the Grand Tyler), and let the officers 
occupying the stations yield them up. 

The officers being so placed : 

Thrice Potent, your officers are at their respective stations, and 
nothing remains but for you to assume yours : be pleased to 
dp so. 

Receive, my brother, the warrant of your Lodge [presenting it] ; 
may it continue and prosper, and may its name be ever honored 
among men. 

Eeceive now this mallet, symbol of authority ; assume the gov- 
ernment of your Lodge, and rule it with urbanity, impartiality, 
and firmness. 

PROCLAMATION. 

To the glory of the Great Architect of the Universe, in the 
name and under the auspices of the Supreme Council, I proclaim 

Lodge of Perfection, No , to be consecrated and 

inaugurated, its officers duly installed, and the Lodge legally 
organized and prepared to enter upon its labors. 

Brethren of the Consistory, unite with me in congratulating 
the Thrice Potent Grand Master and his Lodge. 

Omnes. 3, 5, 7, 9. 

Com.-in-C. or T:. P.: [#— all are seated.] 



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